The word ‘actually’ can confuse French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish speakers because in these languages these similar words mean ‘currently’.
➡ In French: actuellement
➡ In Italian: attualmente
➡ In Portuguese: atualmente
➡ In Spanish: actualmente
In English, ‘actually’ means “in reality”, while ‘currently’ means “at this time”.
Ex: I'm from Toronto but I’m currently living in NY.
Ex: I said I liked the cake, but actually I think it is quite bad.
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