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a la vez
- (idiomatic) at once; at a time, at the same time
2013, El sueño de Morfeo, Ni tú ni yo:Me haces sentir absurda y insegura a la vez- You make me feel absurd and uncertain at the same time
- "La mirada del argentino expresaba a la vez fascinación y fastidio." (The Argentinian's gaze expressed at once fascination and annoyance.) --Irene Jimenes, Lugares Comunes, "En la universidad", 2007.
- un día a la vez ― one day at a time
1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael:De allí las supersticiones torpes, que a la vez que deprimían su conciencia moral, endurecían la fibra, y lo arrastraban a la acción trágica y al romántico denuedo- From the superstitious gossip, which at the same time diminished one's moral conscience, strengthened the fiber, and dragged them to tragic action and romantic passion.
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