nunca
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nunca(
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An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or other adverbs (e.g. to run quickly, very tired).
adverb
1. (not ever)
a. never
Nunca cocinas para mí.You never cook for me.
¿Nunca has ido a Inglaterra?You've never been to England?
b. ever (after "not")
Nunca llegas a tiempo.You don't ever arrive on time.
¿Vives en México y nunca has comido tacos?You live in Mexico and you haven't ever eaten tacos?
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nunca
An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or other adverbs (e.g. to run quickly, very tired).
adverb
1. (general)
a. never
b. ever
no me cuentan nunca nadathey never tell me anything
casi nunca vienehe almost never comes, he hardly ever comes
¿no le has visto nunca?have you never seen her?, haven't you ever seen her?
como nuncalike never before
más que nuncamore than ever
nunca jamás o másnever more o again
¡nunca vi nada parecido!I never saw anything like it!
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nunca
adverb
never
no viene nunca he never comes; nunca volveré a confiar en ella I'll never trust her again; ninguno de nosotros había esquiado nunca neither of us had ever skied before; ¿has visto nunca cosa igual? have you ever seen anything like this?
casi nunca me escribe he hardly ever writes to me
¡hasta nunca! I don't care if I never see you again!
nunca jamás never ever
no lo he visto nunca jamás I've never ever seen it; no lo haré nunca jamás I'll never ever do it again
nunca más
no lo hizo nunca más he never did it again; no lo veré nunca más I'll never see him again
más que nunca more than ever
nunca mejor dicho
el primer paso hacia el coche popular lo dio - nunca mejor dicho - el Volkswagen the first step towards a popular car was the appropriately-named Volkswagen
Por supuesto tan pintoresca -nunca mejor dicho- afirmación debe ser explicada, y a ello vamos Se está jugando con fuego, y nunca mejor dicho Unas dicen que tienen novio to tease you, y otras lo dicen en serio, para evitarse situaciones "embarazosas", nunca mejor dicho he aquí cómo Balzac nos presenta el retrato de este joven pintor, nunca mejor dicho, caído de los cielos
nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena better late than never
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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