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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NUNCA

La palabra nunca procede del latín nunquam.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NUNCA IN SPANISH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NUNCA

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Nunca is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES NUNCA MEAN IN SPANISH?

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nunca

Neverland

El país de Nunca Jamás

"Neverland" is a fictional island described in J. M. Barrie's fantastic novel "Peter Pan". Never Never is an imaginary country where children do not grow up and there is only fun and happiness. This place is inhabited by the lost children, led by the child hero, Peter Pan. The population of that country also groups fearsome pirates such as Captain Hook and wild Indians. Other types of beings inhabit the island, such as Campanita or Campanilla, a fairy; And the Crocodile, who took the hand of Captain Hook, as well as the giant squid to which the Captain so fears and sirens. According to legend, if someone wants to get to this place should turn on the second star on the right, flying until dawn ... "El país de Nunca Jamás" es una isla ficticia descrita en la novela fantástica de J. M. Barrie, "Peter Pan". Nunca Jamás es un país imaginario donde los niños no crecen y sólo existen la diversión y la felicidad. Este lugar es habitado por los niños perdidos, liderados por el héroe infantil, Peter Pan. La población de dicho país agrupa también a temibles piratas como el Capitán Garfio y salvajes indios. Otros tipos de seres habitan la isla, como Campanita o Campanilla, un hada; y el Cocodrilo, que se llevó la mano del Capitán Garfio, así como el calamar gigante al que el Capitán tanto teme y las sirenas. De acuerdo con la leyenda, si alguien desea llegar a este lugar deberá girar en la segunda estrella a la derecha, volando hasta el amanecer...

Definition of nunca in the Spanish dictionary

The definition of never in the Spanish dictionary is in no time. Another meaning of never in the dictionary is also never. La definición de nunca en el diccionario castellano es en ningún tiempo. Otro significado de nunca en el diccionario es también ninguna vez.
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SPANISH WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NUNCA


adunca
dun·ca
bayunca
ba·yun·ca
brunca
brun·ca
espelunca
es·pe·lun·ca
sunca
sun·ca
trunca
trun·ca
tunca
tun·ca
turunca
tu·run·ca

SPANISH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NUNCA

numinoso
numisma
numismática
numismático
numo
numular
numularia
numulario
numulita
numulites
nunciatura
nuncio
nuncupativo
nuncupatoria
nuncupatorio
nuño
nupcial
nupcialidad
nupcias
nurse

SPANISH WORDS THAT END LIKE NUNCA

anca
banca
barranca
blanca
branca
bronca
cinca
conca
cuenca
estanca
finca
flamenca
franca
inca
palanca
petanca
renca
ronca
salamanca
tranca

Synonyms and antonyms of nunca in the Spanish dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «nunca» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NUNCA

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从来没有
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nunca
570 millions of speakers

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never
510 millions of speakers

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कभी नहीं
380 millions of speakers
ar

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أبدا
280 millions of speakers

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никогда
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nem
270 millions of speakers

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না
260 millions of speakers

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jamais
220 millions of speakers

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pernah
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nie
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決して
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어머 놀랐다
85 millions of speakers

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tau
85 millions of speakers
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không bao giờ
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ஒருபோதும்
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नाही
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asla
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mai
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nigdy
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ніколи
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niciodată
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ποτέ
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nooit
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aldrig
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aldri
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SPANISH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

nunca
nunca 
  never ; not at all ; ever! ; never in a month of Sundays.
 Plans were made to issue a concise version of AACR1, but these plans never came to fruition.
 There's a big difference between returning a book late and not at all.
 Consider for example, a teacher who doesn't change his password (ever!) or can't be bothered to log out, all the firewalls and antivirus programs in the world will not protect a school's network.
 The two stepsisters also wondered who the newcomer was, for never in a month of Sundays, would they ever have guessed that the beautiful girl was really poor Cinderella who talked to the cat!.
ahora más que nunca 
now more than ever
 A phenomenon as old as humanity, megalomania has become, now more than ever, an attitude reflective of our contemporary culture.
ahora o nunca 
now or never
 Live for the moment - it's now or never so let's stand together.
bicho malo nunca muere   
a bad penny always turns up
turn up like + a bad penny
look what the cat (has) dragged in!
 However, like my professor likes to say, 'A bad penny always turns up'.
 To make matters worse, Rebecca seems to be after Mark, turning up like a bad penny at every social event that he and Bridget are attending.
 When I said hello he turned to his gaggle of friends and said 'look what the cat dragged in!' or something lame like that.
casi nunca 
hardly ever
 American football grew out of the English game of rugby and unlike soccer the foot hardly ever touches the ball.
como nunca 
like never before
 You can transform yourself completely through such luxury holidays where you can roll in the lap of comfort and enjoy each moment like never before.
como nunca antes 
like never before
 You can transform yourself completely through such luxury holidays where you can roll in the lap of comfort and enjoy each moment like never before.
cuento de nunca acabar  
endless story
never-ending story
 As endless stories around corruption continue to spill over into the main news and business pages, businesses should pause for thought before jumping on the sport sponsoring gravy train.
 And the Democratic Party is a never-ending story of corruption, greed, petty bickering, and blithe disregard of the voters' interests.
divertirse como nunca    
have + a ball
have + the time of + Posesivo + life
live it up
have + a field day
 We had a ball at the weekend event, especially while hanging out with friends such as Willis.
 We had her out with 2 other dogs and she had the time of her life playing.
 She's traveled the world, from helping orphans in Hawaii to living it up in Nepal.
 We had a field day buying all sorts of nice things for her and came out with some very heavy bags.
historia de nunca acabar  
endless story
never-ending story
 As endless stories around corruption continue to spill over into the main news and business pages, businesses should pause for thought before jumping on the sport sponsoring gravy train.
 And the Democratic Party is a never-ending story of corruption, greed, petty bickering, and blithe disregard of the voters' interests.
historia nunca contada 
untold story
 This article relates the untold story of the secret pact between the Third Reich and Jewish Palestine.
la ciudad que nunca duerme 
the city that never sleeps
 Several cities (New York, Chicago, etc.) have claimed the title of 'the city that never sleeps'.
las degracias nunca vienen solas  [Usado más frecuentemente en inglés británico]
it never rains but it pours
 I don't think I'll ever stop using the phrase 'it never rains but it pours', but right now, life is looking up.
las desgracias nunca vienen solas  [Usado más frecuentemente en inglés americano]
when it rains, it pours
 It's one of those 'When it rains, it pours' kind of weeks - Our doggy had knee surgery last week and she needs a lot of attention and, as a result, we haven't been sleeping well.
mala hierba nunca muere   
a bad penny always turns up
turn up like + a bad penny
look what the cat (has) dragged in!
 However, like my professor likes to say, 'A bad penny always turns up'.
 To make matters worse, Rebecca seems to be after Mark, turning up like a bad penny at every social event that he and Bridget are attending.
 When I said hello he turned to his gaggle of friends and said 'look what the cat dragged in!' or something lame like that.
más que nunca  
more than ever before
more than ever
 The unavoidable conclusion of all this is that more than ever before young people are seeking to escape from the academic environment and move out into the world as soon as possible.
 In the Year of the Young Reader, booksellers and librarians should form a lobby through which they can become a stronger, more unified force than ever.
más que nunca antes 
more ... than ever before
 Today the environment is changing more quickly than ever before, driven by technological change.
más que nunca antes  
more than ever before
more than ever
 The unavoidable conclusion of all this is that more than ever before young people are seeking to escape from the academic environment and move out into the world as soon as possible.
 In the Year of the Young Reader, booksellers and librarians should form a lobby through which they can become a stronger, more unified force than ever.
más vale tarde que nunca 
better late than never
 The article 'Better late than never' discusses the extraordinary pace of change in the academic book market.
no acabarse nunca 
go on and on (and on (forever))
 They say silence is golden but some people really just don't get it and they go on and on and on forever!.
no estar nunca satisfecho 
enough + be + not/never + enough
 For them enough is never enough, and any kind of scam is right up their alley.
no terminar nunca de tener problemas con 
have + no end of problems with
 I would be glad to test the new version since I have had no end of problems with the old one.
nunca jamás 
never again
 Once an A/Z subject index entry has been made for a particular subject it need never again be repeated.
nunca más 
never again
 Once an A/Z subject index entry has been made for a particular subject it need never again be repeated.
nunca + pensar 
thought never + enter + Posesivo + head
 The thought never entered my head that a gollywog was offensive until it got banned - to me it was just a doll.
nunca se sabe 
one never knows...
 One never knows where the solution to a problem lies.
nunca + Verbo + ni un + Nombre 
never + Verbo + one + Nombre
 He's been our paperboy for years, and he's never been late one morning.
nunca visto  
all-time
unseen
 Nevada's all-time leading scorer is leaving school to get a head start on the NBA's 2007 draft.
 His widow has opened her personal archive, hitherto unseen, including the private scrapbooks in which Eliot assiduously recorded their life together.
pasárselo como nunca    
have + a ball
have + the time of + Posesivo + life
live it up
have + a field day
 We had a ball at the weekend event, especially while hanging out with friends such as Willis.
 We had her out with 2 other dogs and she had the time of her life playing.
 She's traveled the world, from helping orphans in Hawaii to living it up in Nepal.
 We had a field day buying all sorts of nice things for her and came out with some very heavy bags.
persona que nunca se deshace de nada   
hoarder
packrat
magpie
 Hoarders may become anxious and angry at the mere suggestion of getting rid of items that they've held onto for years.
 In broad terms, lack of weeding was associated with fear, inertia, and a 'packrat mentality,' causing one librarian to remark that it is 'time to weed librarians who don't want to weed'.
 Now to start chucking out stuff that I don't need; being a bit of a magpie, that might be difficult!.
piedra movediza nunca moho la cobija 
a rolling stone gathers no moss
 There's a saying that many people are familiar with that goes: 'A rolling stone gathers no moss'.
por no decir nunca 
if ever
 A search of a collection very rarely, if ever, retrieves all the relevant documents possessed in that collection.
ser el cuento de nunca acabar 
never + hear + the end/last of it
 This is a rivalry that has gone on for years and I will never hear the end of it for the next ten years if I lose.
viejas costumbres nunca desaparecen, las 
old ways never die, the
 But thankfully the old ways never die, just think about stone engraving, calligraphy, horseback riding, and wood-burning fireplaces.

Trends of use of nunca

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NUNCA»

The term «nunca» is very widely used and occupies the 321 position in our list of most widely used terms in the Spanish dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NUNCA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the Spanish literature, quotes and news about nunca

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10 SPANISH QUOTES WITH «NUNCA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word nunca.
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Dag Hammarskjöld
Nunca por amor a la paz y a la tranquilidad repudies tu propia experiencia o tus convicciones.
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François Rabelais
Nunca mono viejo hizo una mueca bella.
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Friedrich M. Von Klinger
El que no ha sido puesto a prueba por la buena y la mala suerte muere como un soldado que no ha visto nunca al enemigo.
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Henri Bosco
Nunca hay dos ratos iguales de soledad, porque nunca se está solo de la misma manera.
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James R. Lowell
Tengamos buen ánimo y recordemos que las desgracias más insoportables son aquellas que nunca llegan.
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John Huston
Los críticos no han conseguido nunca encontrar un tema unificador en mis películas. A decir verdad, tampoco yo.
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Lew Wallace
Nunca está el hombre sometido a una prueba tan grande como el exceso de su buena fortuna.
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Michel E. De Montaigne
Encuentro más soportable estar siempre solo que no poderlo estar nunca.
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Montesquieu
Nunca se ofende más a los hombres que cuando se choca con sus ceremonias y costumbres.
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Ralph W. Emerson
Emplea el lenguaje que quieras y nunca podrás expresar sino lo que eres.

10 SPANISH PROVERBS WITH THE WORD «NUNCA»

Donde hay saca y nunca pon, presto se acaba el bolsón.
Nunca llovió que no escampase.
Pelillos a la mar, para nunca desquitar.
Yo estoy como perro con vejiga; que nunca falta un gil que me persiga.
Al diablo y a la mujer, nunca les falta que hacer.
Bromas pesadas nunca sean dadas.
Con los curas a oscuras nunca te quedes, que aunque llevan refajos no son mujeres.
Cuándo del pie, cuándo de la oreja, a mi marido nunca le falta queja.
El que compra y vende, nunca pierde.
El que por su gusto corre, nunca se cansa.

10 SPANISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NUNCA»

Discover the use of nunca in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nunca and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Spanish literature.
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NUNCA COMAS SOLO
El secreto para crecer en los negocios y en lo personal es lograr acercarse a las personas, como nos enseña Keith Ferrazzi en Nunca comas solo.
KEITH FERRAZZI, 2012
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Mas Vivo Que Nunca!
Este es un libro sobre el nuevo nacimiento, sobre la regeneración, sobre lo que significa nacer de nuevo. This is a book about the new birth, about regeneration, about what it means to be born again.
John Piper, 2010
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El talento nunca es suficiente: Descubre las elecciones que ...
El Dr. John C. Maxwell, experto en liderazgo, sabe que la gente no alcanza el éxito sólo por su talento.
John C. Maxwell, 2007
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Nunca seré un superhéroe
Ésta es la historia de un niño que ha comenzado a hacerse hombre, mirando la vida desde la perspectiva de sus experiencias personales más profundas.
Antonio Santa Ana, 2000
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Nunca más gritaré
Nunca más gritaré Humor e ironía combinados con una genial destreza para sumergirnos en los ocho relatos eróticos que forman Nunca más gritaré del periodista Eloy Rosillo.
Eloy Rosillo, 2012
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Nadie Nada Nunca
Si la literatura funda zonas, esos "lugares" de Saer estan maravillosamente condensados en Nadie nada nunca.
Juan José Saer, 2000
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Nunca renuncies a tus sueños: Una puerta abierta a la felicidad
Los sueños hacen que los tímidos tengan arrebatos de osadía y que los derrotados construyan oportunidades.» AUGUSTO CURY Los sueños son la brújula que nos marca el camino a seguir y las metas que queremos alcanzar.
Augusto Cury, 2012
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Dios nunca parpadea
Cada capítulo invita a la reflexión con palabras llenas de sabiduría, verdades universales, consejos para valorar los momentos felices: - La vida no es justa, pero aun así es buena - Cree en los milagros - Perdona - Puedes enojarte con ...
Regina Brett, 2012
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AHORA O NUNCA: Una agenda para garantizar el éxito en la vida
Por ello en Ahora o nunca, el maestro John C. Maxwell se detiene en cada uno de los pequeños pasos diarios que le conducirán al éxito.
John C. Maxwell, 2005
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Nunca quieto, siempre distraído
Es en este sentido que Paulino Castells nos ofrece, con este libro, una herramienta de gran valor, ya que aborda el TDAH desde diferentes ángulos y ayuda a reconocerlo en cada tramo de edad.Es importante tener en cuenta que si los padres ...
Paulino Castells Cuixart, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NUNCA»

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Hortelano llena su habitación de mensajes motivantes: "Nunca ...
Bruno Hortelano, atleta olímpico español que el pasado lunes sufrió un accidente de tráfico en Madrid, ha decorado su habitación con diversos afiches y ... «20minutos.es, Sep 16»
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"Mi hija nunca podrá apagar la luz": el polémico trailer de terror que ...
En la jungla. Miles de padres se unen a la denuncia de una madre por la retirada del spot de la película 'Nunca apagues la luz'. Un psicólogo nos explica hasta ... «El Español, Aug 16»
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'Nunca apagues la luz', terror que se impone en la taquilla
La película de terror Nunca apagues la luz fue la más vista de entre los estrenos que llegaron a nuestras pantallas el pasado viernes. Concretamente, y según ... «20minutos.es, Aug 16»
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Hablamos con el equipo de 'Nunca apagues la luz': "El miedo a la ...
La película de terror Nunca apagues la luz se estrena por fin este viernes 19 de agosto en los cines españoles y en SensaCine, después de incluirla en nuestro ... «SensaCine, Aug 16»
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Diego Torres regresa al cine con 'Nunca digas nunca'
Aunque con la agenda un poco apretada, el cantautor argentino, Diego Torres, informó que paralelo a su tour "Buena Vida", regresará a la actuación con la ... «Excélsior, Aug 16»
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'Nunca apagues la luz': New Line ya prepara una secuela de la ...
El filme dirigida por David F. Sandberg está siendo todo un éxito en EE.UU, y llega a las pantallas de nuestro país este 19 de agosto. «SensaCine, Jul 16»
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Laura Bozzo contra Laura Zapata: "Nunca pasarás de villana"
“Eso que dice la amargada esa, que nunca tendrá un programa, porque en Televisa Laura, es Laura Bozzo, no Laura Zapata. Mi reina querida, ya quisieras ... «La Opinión, Jul 16»
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Mercedes Morán: "Nunca dije que apoyaba al gobierno kirchnerista"
La actriz Mercedes Morán aclaró que "nunca" dijo que apoyaba al gobierno ... "Yo nunca me sentí perseguida, sí me siento muy criticada y muy atacada", ... «LaCapital.com.ar, Jul 16»
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Yandel estrena el video de la canción 'Nunca me olvides'
El boricua, quién ahora pertenece al sello discográfico de Jay Z, estrenó el video de 'Nunca me olvides', sencillo de su nuevo material discográfico. «holaciudad.com, Jul 16»
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Yandel estrena mundialmente su tema "Nunca me olvides"
El reggaetonero Yandel estrenó este lunes su nuevo tema, "Nunca me olvide", que viene acompañado también de un increíble video. La canción es su primer ... «People en Español, Jul 16»

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