de una vez
1. in one go, all at once
in a single act
Common combinations
- pagar de una vez — pay in one go
- hacer algo de una vez — do something in one go
- Pagó toda la deuda de una vez.He paid the whole debt in one go.
- Se comió el bocadillo de una vez.He ate the sandwich in one go.
- No puedo leer el libro de una vez.I can't read the book all at once.
2. at once, right away
without waiting any longer
Common combinations
- venir de una vez — come at once
- contestar de una vez — answer right away
- Ven de una vez.Come at once.
- Contéstame de una vez.Answer me right away.
- Hazlo de una vez.Do it at once.
3. once and for all
definitively
Common combinations
- resolver de una vez — solve once and for all
- decidir de una vez — decide once and for all
- Hay que resolver este problema de una vez.We have to solve this problem once and for all.
- Díselo de una vez.Tell him once and for all.
- De una vez por todas, deja de mentir.Once and for all, stop lying.
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