Sentence of the day 6/14 We usually go swimming on Saturday.

Question

Solemos ir a nadar los sábados.

We usually go swimming on Saturday.

using the verb soler meaning usually or in the habit of

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Normalmente terminamos de trabajar a las cinco en punto.

Usually we finish work at five o’clock.

This was in the dictionary here using normalmente as usually

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Por lo general tenemos cena a las ocho de la noche.

We usually have dinner at eight at night.

Here they use an expression por lo general as usually

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I will assume that all 3 usages of usuallyare correct but where is the line drawn for which way one is to learn how to use this word?

fox, include the sentence in the title, for further searches - 00494d19, JUN 16, 2010

Answer 1

HI fox, there is no difference. Maybe the regional usage , in Spain we often use soler.

Answer 2

Solemos* ir a nadar los sábados = We usually* go swimming on saturday (soler* lit =to be accustomed to doing)

you can also say

Por lo general vamos a nadar los sábados = Generally (as a rule) we go swimming on saturday

(as a rule is used colloquially or idiomatically here ... not literally)