a eso de
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a ˈeso de/ [a ˈe.so ð̞e]
- Syllabification: a e‧so de
Preposition
- around, about (roughly at the time)
- a eso de las dos de la madrugada
- around two [o'clock] in the morning
- 1998, Roberto Bolaño, Los detectives salvajes, →ISBN, page 262:
- A eso de las cuatro de la mañana todos nos dijimos buenas noches.
- Around four in the morning, we all told each other good night.
Further reading
- “a eso de”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024