Vez names a specific occasion, a moment when something occurs. In a sentence like it was the first vez, it refers to a unique moment within a possible series. It also appears with everyday actions: next vez, this vez, on another vez. When a person says once I went to Mexico, they are talking about a past occasion, not a frequency.

oportunidadepisodiomomentoocasiónturnovez

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Un momento es un punto del tiempo que se nota como especialUna vez es una ocasión concreta en la que algo ocurreUna oportunidad es una ocasión favorable para hacer algoUn episodio es una parte concreta de una experiencia o historiaUna ocasión es un momento específico que sirve para hacer o decir algoUn turno es la vez que le toca a una persona

Basic uses of vez in everyday situations

Word	Definition
vez	A vez is a concrete occasion on which something happens.
ocasión	An ocasión is a specific moment that serves to do or say something.
momento	A momento is a point in time that feels special.
turno	An turno is the turn someone has.
oportunidad	An oportunidad is a favorable occasion to do something.
episodio	An episodio is a specific part of an experience or story.

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To count repetitions, use the number + veces. Thus, one vez means a single occasion and two times means two repetitions. Three times indicates three repetitions, as in I have called three times or I go to the gym twice a week. With this word, complete actions are counted, not parts of an action.

muchas vecesdos vecesuna vezcinco vecestres vecescuatro veces

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Dos veces significa dos ocasionesCuatro veces significa cuatro ocasionesTres veces significa tres ocasionesUna vez significa una sola ocasiónCinco veces significa cinco ocasionesMuchas veces significa en numerosas ocasiones

Expressions to count repetitions

Word	Definition
una vez	Una vez means one single occasion.
dos veces	Dos veces means two occasions.
tres veces	Tres veces means three occasions.
cuatro veces	Cuatro veces means four occasions.
cinco veces	Cinco veces means five occasions.
muchas veces	Muchas veces means many occasions.

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The word is feminine in the singular: la vez, una vez, esta vez. That is why one says the first vez and a good vez. In the plural it changes to las veces, with the feminine article as well. The form of the article follows the noun in both forms: la vez in the singular, las veces in the plural.

Feminine gender of the word vez

Idea
It is said la vez in singular because the word is feminine.
The article must also be feminine with adjectives.
Do not change the gender even if the phrase is short.
In singular you always use the feminine article.
Gender does not change even if we talk about time or frequency.

The fixed plural is veces. It is used to talk about repetitions, frequency, and number of occasions: many times, several times, twice a day. In expressions of quantity, veces comes after the number or the adverb of frequency. It is very common with routine verbs: I eat outside the house several times a week.

Plural form of vez in repetitions

Idea
The correct plural is veces.
In plural you no longer use vez but veces.
Veces expresses repetition or frequency.
The plural can go with numbers or frequency expressions.
When you talk about more than one occasion use the plural.

Sometimes expresses that something occurs on some occasions, but not always. The idea is intermittent: sometimes I walk to work; sometimes it rains in the afternoon. Many times indicates that something happens with high frequency, although not necessarily always: many times I forget the keys; many times we have dinner late. When you want to talk about a regular habit, Adverbs of Time is also useful.

a vecesmuchas vecescasi siempreraramentesiemprede vez en cuando

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A veces significa en algunas ocasiones pero no siempreSiempre significa en todas las ocasionesMuchas veces significa con bastante frecuenciaCasi siempre significa en la mayoría de las ocasionesRaramente significa en muy pocas ocasionesDe vez en cuando significa con poca frecuencia

Frequency expressions with vez

Word	Definition
a veces	A veces means on some occasions but not always.
muchas veces	Muchas veces means quite frequently.
de vez en cuando	De vez en cuando means infrequently.
casi siempre	Casi siempre means on most occasions.
siempre	Siempre means on all occasions.
raramente	Raramente means on very few occasions.

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Each vez is used when something is repeated on every occasion in a series: each time I talk to her, she smiles; it gets colder each time. In contrast, again asks for an action to be repeated or indicates that something happens again: do it again; it is raining again. Each vez views repetition as a pattern, again views repetition as a return.

una vez máscada vez máscada vezotra vezotra y otra vez

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Cada vez más significa con aumento progresivoUna vez más significa todavía otra repeticiónCada vez significa en cada ocasión o de manera repetidaOtra vez significa de nuevo o una vez másOtra y otra vez significa muchísimas repeticiones

Expressions of repetition and change

Word	Definition
cada vez	Each time means in every occasion or in a repeated way.
otra vez	Again means once more or one more time.
cada vez más	Each time more means with progressive increase.
otra y otra vez	Again and again means many repetitions.
una vez más	Once more means yet another repetition.

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Ever appears especially in questions and in indefinite experiences: Have you ever been to Quito?; at some point she wanted to study medicine. It can also occur in affirmative sentences with the sense of an experience at an unspecified time. Never completely denies that experience: I have never been to Quito; she never wanted to study medicine. In Spanish, never can be used alone to negate the action.

Use of alguna vez in questions and negation

Usage	Explanation
Question about experience	Use alguna vez to ask if something happened at some moment of life.
Indefinite experience	Use alguna vez when the moment doesn’t matter and you only want to know if it happened.
Affirmative answer	You can answer with sí alguna vez to confirm a past experience.
Total negation	Use nunca to say something has not happened in no occasion.
Contrast of experience	Combine alguna vez and nunca to show contrast between question and answer.

At the same time means simultaneously: I cannot do two things at the same time; he spoke and wrote at the same time. From time to time indicates occasional repetition, without regularity: from time to time we go out to dinner; I go to the movies from time to time. A veces que also exists, more colloquially in some places, but the most general form is from time to time.

de vez en cuandoa veces sí a veces noa la vezuna vez en la vidaa la vez que

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A la vez que une dos acciones que ocurren al mismo tiempoEsta expresión muestra variación entre momentosDe vez en cuando significa de manera ocasionalUna vez en la vida significa en una ocasión muy especialA la vez significa simultáneamente o al mismo tiempo

Common expressions with vez in real use

Word	Definition
a la vez	At the same time means simultaneously or at the same moment.
de vez en cuando	From time to time means occasionally.
a la vez que	At the same time as joins two actions that occur at the same time.
a veces sí a veces no	This expression shows variation between moments.
una vez en la vida	Once in a lifetime means in a very special occasion.

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