An English teacher identified that a Brazilian student...

An English teacher identified that a Brazilian student consistently misused the word "actually" as a direct translation of the Portuguese "atualmente," producing sentences such as "Actually, the unemployment rate has increased significantly," when intending to express the idea of "at the present time." The teacher clarified that "actually" is a false cognate meaning "in fact" or "in reality" — used to correct or emphasize information — and that the correct English adverb to convey the temporal meaning of "atualmente" is: