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25 May
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How do you say this in English (US)? una y otra vez
How do you say this in English (US)? una y otra vez
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- Spanish (Mexico)
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- Spanish (Mexico)
@Gordo99 Doesn't it depend on context?
Once and again would talk about frequency, while over and over again would talk about being obstinate.
https://www.linguee.es/ingles-espanol/traduccio...
https://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/search?so...
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/once...
- English (US)
My bad. I had never heard the expression “once and again” and would be puzzled if I heard it. But apparently it’s a legit phrase defined fairly well online. Over and over again just suggests multiple repetitions. The enemy bombed the city over and over again, I.e. many times. The mother said to the child, “I’ve told you over and over again to take your dirty shoes off before coming in the house”
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- Spanish (Mexico)
@Gordo99 It is ok. It has happened to me as well that there are questions about vocabulary or expressions in my mother tongue which I'd never come across before.
Thanks for the insight on your region's dialect.
- English (US)
Now I have heard and used the expression “time and time again” which to my ear sounds slightly less aggressive than “over and and over again”. Maybe that could work as a translation….
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