ad nauseam

== English == === Alternative forms === ad nauseum (misspelling) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad nauseam, from ad (“to”) + nauseam (“sea-sickness, sickness, nausea”), accusative of nausea. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæd ˈnɔːziəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæd ˈnɔziəm/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˌæd ˈnɑziəm/ (Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /ˌæd ˈnɒziəm/ === Adverb === ad nauseam (not comparable) To a nauseating or sickening degree. Having been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === ad nauseam (not comparable) Done or repeated so often that it becomes annoying or tiresome. ==== Translations ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad nauseam === Adjective === ad nauseam (comparative lebih ad nauseam, superlative paling ad nauseam) ad nauseam === Further reading === “ad nauseam”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad nauseam. === Adverb === ad nauseam (not comparable) ad nauseam (being repeated too often) === Further reading === “ad nauseam”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ad nauseam”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad nauseam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌad ˈnauseam/ [ˌað̞ ˈnau̯.se.ãm] Syllabification: ad nau‧se‧am === Adverb === ad nauseam alternative form of ad náuseam Synonym: hasta la náusea === Adjective === ad nauseam (invariable) ad nauseam === Usage notes === According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “ad nauseam”, 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 Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “ad nauseam”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA