now and then, occasionally
eş: bisweilen, dann und wann, gelegentlich, hin und wieder, manchmal, mitunter
köken: Literally, “off and to”. Compare Dutch af en toe.
from time to time, once in a while
eş: de moment en moment, de temps à autre
sometimes; occasionally; at times
eş: ocasionalmente, a la de veces, a las de veces, a las veces, de vez en cuando, en ocasiones
köken: Vulgar Latin ad vicēs (“at times”). Compare Italian a volte for a similar construction.
🔊 A veces es necesario hacer cosas que no te gustan.
🔊 Excepto que en húngaro se declinan y se conjugan los sustantivos, a veces juntos.
occasionally, sometimes, now and then, every now and then, from time to time
eş: talvolta, a volte, di quando in quando, ogni tanto
Rusça 🔊 вре́мя от вре́мени , и́зредка , иногда́ , поро́й
now and then
köken: Univerbation of ara (“while”) + bir (“one”).
now and then; occasionally
eş: bij tijd en wijle, nu en dan, soms, somtijds, van tijd tot tijd
köken: Literally, “off and to”. Compare German ab und zu (which was calqued into several Scandinavian languages).
now and then; from time to time; occasionally
eş: às vezes, de quando em vez, eventualmente, infrequentemente, ocasionalmente, vez por outra
aile: de vez em nunca
once in a while, occasionally, now and then
🔊 たまにはいいんじゃない?
occasionally, from time to time, not frequently or regularly
eş: 종종, 종종히
zıt: 늘, 언제나, 항상, 자주
köken: First attested in the Eorokhae (語錄解 / 어록해), 1652, as Early Modern Korean ᄀᆞᆺ곰 (Yale: koskwom), equivalent to ᄀᆞᆺ (Yale: kos, “just now”) + -곰 (Yale: -kwom, “distributive suffix”).
🔊 아주 가끔
🔊 걘 가끔 언제 만나자면 나오곤 하던 애였는데 참 엊그저께 만난 것 같애
now and then, every so often, from time to time, occasionally
köken: då (“then”) + och (“and”) + då (“then”)
from time to time, now and then, occasionally, once in a while
eş: rzadko
köken: Etymology tree English occasionalbor. Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ Old Polish -ny Polish -ny Polish okazjonalny Proto-Slavic *-e Old Polish -ie Polish -ie Polish okazjonalnie From okazjonalny + -ie.
Ukraynaca 🔊 зрі́дка , час від ча́су
once in a while, from time to time, at times, occasionally, periodically, intermittently
köken: ajoi- + -ttain (distributive plural)
aile: ajoittainen
sometimes, occasionally, from time to time
eş: někdy, čas od času, tu a tam, málokrát, ojediněle, sporadicky
sometimes, at times, occasionally, now and then, now and again
köken: From câte + o + dată.
on occasion, occasionally
köken: From the alkalm- stem of alkalom (“occasion”) + -anként (distributive adverb-forming suffix).
aile: alkalmankénti
once in a while, now and then
Norveççe 🔊 av og til , i gang i mellom , nå og da , sporadisk
sometimes; occasionally
köken: đôi (“double; pair; a few”) + khi (“the time (when)”).
Slovakça 🔊 občas , príležitostne , zriedkavo
occasionally
köken: From ocasional + -ment.
occasionally
köken: From fo- + uair.
sometimes, occasionally
köken: From Old Armenian երբեմն (erbemn).