a menudo

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/ [a meˈnu.ð̞o]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Syllabification: a me‧nu‧do

Adverb

a menudo

  1. often, oftentimes (habitually)

Further reading

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