a la vez

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /a la ˈbeθ/ [a la ˈβ̞eθ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /a la ˈbes/ [a la ˈβ̞es]
  • Syllabification: a la vez
  • Homophone: Alavés

Adverb

a la vez

  1. (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 vezone 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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