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inmemorial

immemorial

adjective een-meh-moh-RYAHL Rare

Origin: from Latin immemorialis

Usage Note

Inmemorial almost always appears in the fixed phrase desde tiempos inmemoriales (since time immemorial). Outside that phrase it is rare and literary; learners should absorb the collocation as a whole unit.

Examples

"La tradición existe desde tiempos inmemoriales."

Natural Translation

The tradition has existed since time immemorial.

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