a menudo
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin ad minūtum (“in small pieces, in small steps, piece by piece, one by one”). Compare Classical Latin minūtātim and Pre-and Post-Classical Latin minūtim, as well as Portuguese amiúde. The temporal sense is a natural progression from separateness ("piece by piece") to repetition ("once and again").
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- often, oftentimes (habitually)
Further reading
[edit]- “a menudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014