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Spanish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /a meˈnudo/
- Syllabification: a me‧nu‧do
Adverb
a menudo
- often, oftentimes (habitually)
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