a veces
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Vulgar Latin ad vicēs (“at times”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /a ˈbeθes/ [a ˈβ̞e.θes]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /a ˈbeses/ [a ˈβ̞e.ses]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Syllabification: a ve‧ces
Adverb edit
- (idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; at times
- A veces es necesario hacer cosas que no te gustan.
- Sometimes, it is necessary to do things you don't like.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “a veces”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014