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vez

Translation

s.f.
time
Vi a Emma varias veces
I saw Emma several times
(turno)
turn
pedir la vez
to ask for one's turn
go
a la vez
at once
No habléis todos a la vez
Don't talk all at once
at the same time
at a time
alguna que otra vez
every so often
alguna vez
ever
a veces
at times
sometimes
cada vez más
every time
more and more
increasingly
cada vez más lento
slower and slower
cada vez mayor
increasing
cada vez menos
less and less
de una vez
once and for all
de una vez por todas
once and for all
Ábrelo de una vez
Open it and be done with it
de vez en cuando
from time to time
occasionally
now and again
en vez de
instead of
En vez de quedarme en casa, me fui al cine
Instead of staying at home, I went to the cinema
érase una vez
once upon a time
otra vez
again
pocas veces
rarely
seldom
por primera vez
for the first time
una vez
once
Solo te lo diré una vez
I'll only tell you once
una vez más
once {again/more}
¿Podrías repetirlo una vez más?
Could you please repeat it once more?
yet again
una y otra vez
again and again
over and over
time after time
(Definition of vez s.f. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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