Spanska | Engelska |
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veces | -fold(used to make adjectives) |
; a threefold increase - un aumento de tres veces | -fold(used to make adjectives) |
a veces preposition | at times(on occasion, sometimes) from time to time(occasionally) |
a veces adverb | occasionally(from time to time; now and then; once in a while; at infrequent intervals) sometimes(on certain occasions, but not always) |
algunas veces adverb | sometimes(on certain occasions, but not always) |
dos veces adverb | twice(two times) |
dos veces por semana adverb | biweekly(twice a week) |
dos veces va al mercado adjective | penny wise and pound foolish(thrifty with small amounts of money but wasteful with large amounts) |
el dinero del pobre dos veces se gasta adjective | penny wise and pound foolish(thrifty with small amounts of money but wasteful with large amounts) |
hacer las veces de verb | double [doubled, doubling, doubles](to serve two roles) |
hasta un reloj parado acierta la hora dos veces al día phrase | a stopped clock is right twice a day(something or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident) |
mide dos veces y corta una sola vez phrase | measure twice and cut once(plan and prepare in a careful, thorough manner before taking action) |
pensar dos veces verb | think twice(to reconsider, use judgement) |
repetidas veces adverb | time and again(often; repeatedly) |
tres veces adverb | thrice(three times) |
un rayo no cae dos veces en el mismo lugar phrase |