a menudo

== Spanish == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin ad minūtum (“in small pieces, in small steps, piece by piece, one by one”). Compare Classical Latin minūtātim and Pre-and Post-Classical Latin minūtim, as well as Portuguese amiúde. The temporal sense is a natural progression from separateness ("piece by piece") to repetition ("once and again"). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a meˈnudo/ [a meˈnu.ð̞o] Syllabification: a me‧nu‧do === Adverb === a menudo often, oftentimes (habitually) === Further reading === “a menudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025