Immediately vs Suddenly

Cuándo usar cada una en inglés, con significado, registro y ejemplos.

Immediately

Top 1000 (muy común) A2 adverb

Suddenly

Top 1000 (muy común) A2 adverb

	Immediately	Suddenly
Pronunciación	🇬🇧 /["/ɪˈmiːdiətli/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/ɪˈmiːdiətli/"]/	🇬🇧 /["/ˈsʌdənli/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/ˈsʌdənli/"]/
Significado	de inmediato, sin esperar right away, without waiting	Happening quickly and without warning
Ejemplo	He answered the question immediately after it was asked.	I **suddenly realized** what I had to do.
Registro	Neutral	Neutral
Qué tan común	Top 1000 (muy común)	Top 1000 (muy común)
Nivel CEFR	A2	A2
Categoría gramatical	adverb	adverb
Colocaciones	respond immediately, act immediately, notify immediately	suddenly appear, suddenly realize, suddenly stop, suddenly change
Antónimos	eventually, later	gradually, slowly
Errores comunes	Using 'immediate' instead of 'immediately'., Confusing with 'eventually', which means later., Incorrectly placing 'immediately' at the end of a sentence.	Using 'suddenly' with the wrong tense (e.g., 'sudden' for past actions)., Confusing 'suddenly' with 'sudden', forgetting it needs to modify verbs., Using 'suddenly' too often, making writing sound repetitive.
Notas de uso	Usa 'inmediatamente' para enfatizar urgencia o prontitud. Es apropiado en inglés hablado y escrito, pero evítalo en contextos muy informales. Use 'immediately' to emphasize urgency or promptness. It's appropriate in both spoken and written English, but avoid in very casual contexts.	Use 'suddenly' to describe an unexpected change or event. Commonly used in storytelling or descriptions of surprising moments. Avoid in very formal contexts.

Míralo en clips reales

Band Of Brothers › S1 E1

...and repeat all 12 miles of the march immediately.

Now, if the killer began running immediately...

Breaking Bad › S1 E7

I need to talk to you immediately.

Band Of Brothers › S1 E1

...and repeat all 12 miles of the march immediately.

Now, if the killer began running immediately...

Immediately

Suddenly we knew that harnessing gravity was real.

Suddenly

Preguntas frecuentes: Immediately vs Suddenly

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre Immediately y Suddenly?

Immediately: right away, without waiting Suddenly: Happening quickly and without warning

¿Immediately y Suddenly tienen el mismo nivel CEFR?

Immediately: A2, Suddenly: A2 en la escala CEFR.

¿Qué categoría gramatical son Immediately y Suddenly?

Immediately: adverb, Suddenly: adverb.

¿Puedes mostrar un ejemplo de cada una?

Immediately: He answered the question immediately after it was asked. Suddenly: I **suddenly realized** what I had to do.

¿Puedo usar Immediately y Suddenly indistintamente?

No siempre. Immediately y Suddenly están relacionadas y a veces se solapan, pero difieren en registro, frecuencia y uso, así que cambiar una por otra puede alterar el significado o el tono. Revisa las diferencias de arriba antes de sustituir.