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eternidad

eternity

noun eh-tehr-nee-DAHD Rare

Origin: From Latin aeternitas.

Usage Note

Eternidad is frequently used hyperbolically in everyday speech: esperé una eternidad ('I waited an eternity'). In theology it contrasts with tiempo (time) as the divine, timeless state. The related adjective is eterno/eterna, and the adverb eternamente. Do not confuse with inmortalidad ('immortality'), which implies continued existence rather than timelessness.

Examples

"La espera se hizo una eternidad."

Natural Translation

The wait felt like an eternity.

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