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once1

/wʌnts/

Translation

adv
(frecuencia)
una vez
once every two weeks
una vez cada dos semanas
hace tiempo
Once I went to India
Hace tiempo estuve en la India
en el pasado
at once
enseguida
Come here at once!
¡Ven aquí enseguida!
inmediatamente
a la vez
doing two things at once
for once
por una vez
once {again/more}
una vez más
once and for all
de una vez por todas
once in a while
de vez en cuando
once or twice
un par de veces
once upon a time...
érase una vez...
(Definition of once adv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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