noun · #41
time, occasion
Example: Es la primera vez que vengo.
It is the first time I have come.
Spanish → English
la vez
la vez is Spanish for time, occasion.
What la vez means
How common is it?
la vez is ranked #41 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It is in the first hundred, which means you will meet it in almost every sentence you read or hear.
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Words with a similar frequency to la vez — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
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