Hola otra vez.
Hello again.
Same person, same day, second meeting: hola otra vez is how you greet someone who comes back.
From Ghostbusters: El Legado · Spanish audio
Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "again" in Spanish
otra vez
phrasenever changessame as: de nuevo
"Again" in Spanish is otra vez, word for word "another time". De nuevo means the same and fits almost anywhere otra vez does. Spanish also has a verb pattern for doing something again: Vuelvo a llamar means I'm calling again.
Hear "otra vez" in real movie scenes
A second hello and a surprised question. Each video starts and stops on that line.
¿Otra vez?
Again?
He's told to do it one more time and asks back in surprise, which shows that ¿Otra vez? works as a question all by itself.
From G.I. Joe: El origen de Cobra · Spanish audio
Otra vez, de nuevo and other ways to say again
Six options, from everyday to formal.
| Spanish | English | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| otra vez | again | The everyday choice. Never put una in front of it. |
| de nuevo | again | Same meaning. Swap it in for otra vez whenever you like. |
| una vez más | one more time | Adds a little emphasis. |
| volver a + verb | to do something again | Vuelvo a llamar. I'm calling again. |
| nuevamente | again | Formal. You'll read it in news and official texts. |
| ¡Otra vez será! | Maybe next time! | Said to cheer someone up after a letdown. |
Tip: Vez becomes veces in the plural: una vez (once), dos veces (twice), a veces (sometimes).
Grammar: otra vez and volver a
Four points for saying it twice.
No una before otra
Say otra vez, never una otra vez. Otro and otra never take un or una: otro día, otra persona.Where it goes
Usually after the verb or at the end: El gato duerme otra vez. At the start of the sentence it sounds stronger: ¡Otra vez llueve!Volver a + verb
Vuelvo a llamar. I'm calling again. Volvió a ganar. He won again. This pattern is as common as otra vez.The v and the z
Say OH-trah BES. The v is a soft b, and in most of Spain the z sounds like the th in think.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
El gato duerme otra vez.
The cat is sleeping again.
Mañana hay colegio otra vez.
There's school again tomorrow.
Quiero llamar otra vez dentro de media hora.
I want to call again in half an hour.
¡Ay! El lunes otra vez.
Oh no! Monday again.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗una otra vez
✓otra vez
Otra already means one more, so it takes no article.
✗otro tiempo (meaning again)
✓otra vez
To count how often something happens, Spanish uses vez. Tiempo is time as a length or the weather.
✗OH-trah VEZ (pronunciation)
✓OH-trah BES
Read vez like a Spanish word, and it rhymes with *mess*, starting with a soft b.
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How to remember it
Read otra vez word by word: otra is "other" and vez is "time". Another time means again.
Questions about "again" in Spanish
How do you say again in Spanish?
Otra vez. De nuevo means the same thing: Llama otra vez or Llama de nuevo.
What's the difference between otra vez and de nuevo?
They mean the same, and you can swap one for the other in almost any sentence.
How do you say "say it again" in Spanish?
¿Puedes repetirlo? or the shorter Otra vez, por favor. With a stranger, use the polite ¿Puede repetirlo?
How do you say "one more time" in Spanish?
Una vez más. It sounds a little more emphatic than otra vez.
