Translation for 'a long time ago' from English to Spanish

a long time ago

hace mucho tiempo {adv}

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for a long time

durante mucho tiempo {adv}

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(for) a long time

largo rato {adv}

to take a long time [of things­ and people]

tardar

some time ago

en cierta ocasión {adv} [locución]

long-time care

cuidados {m.pl} de larga duraciónmed.

long-time prognosis

pronóstico {m} a largo plazomed.

to go on a long weekend

ir de puente

even from a long way away

incluso de lejos {adv}

to have a good time

disfrutar

unverified pasarlo chacho [pasarlo bien] [sur.] [Chile] [col.]

divertirse

to go up the steps two at a time

subir los escalones de dos en dos

There's a time and a place for everything.

A ver a un velorio y a divertirse a un fandango.proverb.

It's a good idea to agree with the boss most of the time.

Es una buena idea estar de acuerdo con el jefe la mayor parte del tiempo.

ago [postpos.]

hace {adj} {adv} [de hacer]

two years ago

hace dos años {adv}

three days ago

hace tres días {adv}

twenty-five years ago

veinti-cinco años atrás {adv}

I stopped believing in all (of) that years ago.

Dejé de creer en todo eso hace años.

long

largo {adj}

• These rights were conferred a long time ago, pre-dating most written records.
• This comment was not heard by the audience in the arena due to noise, but Jonsson's reply, "a long time ago, was it?
• According to local folklore, the cave-temple was found a long time ago when a group of local herders were puzzled after they noticed that one of their cows regularly released all of her milk at a specific yet random spot on the hills.
• However, apart from a few remnants, these were supplanted a long time ago by spruce stands as a result of deliberate forest management.
• The old city gates, the "Bovenpoort" (Northern gate) and "Zandpoort" (Western gate) are still standing, while the "Nederpoort" and "Koepoort" were torn down a long time ago.

• She reminds him that people once used it for money, but he points out that was a long time ago, before they found a way to manufacture it.
• The tradition of the delivery of "ang pav" traditionally descended from one generation to another a long time ago.
• The lower stretch of the Linschoten stream from Montfoort and Linschoten to Woerden silted up a long time ago and its flow was diverted through the Lek and Hollandse IJssel rivers, but at one time it was an important branch of the Rhine delta, connecting the Lower Rhine from Wijk bij Duurstede to the Oude Rijn near Woerden.
• A long time ago, Aso was not yet married to Anansi.
• One canid, the domestic dog, entered into a partnership with humans a long time ago.

• that the original bony plates of "all" vertebrates are now gone and that the present scales are just modified teeth, even if both the teeth and body armor had a common origin a long time ago.
• Aden encloses the eastern side of a vast, natural harbour that constitutes the modern port. A long time ago this necessitated the existence of Aden's reservoirs, the Cisterns of Tawila.
• Built over a rock above the Huecar River gorge in the 15th century, "Las Casas Colgadas" are the only remaining samples of this type of building which was common in this city a long time ago.
• Although he made his debut a long time ago, Hariharan was first noticed in a duet with Kavita Krishnamurthy in "Hai Mubarak Aaj ka Din" from "Boxer" (1984), which was composed by Burman.
• The 1940s hairstyle was, according to Louise Fletcher, "a symbol that life had stopped for her (Ratched) a long time ago".

• During the summer Vorph and Xy went to Sweden to mix with Frederic Nordström a side project that was recorded a long time ago.
• For example, the defendant may ask the court to rule that evidence of a prior conviction that occurred a long time ago should not be allowed into evidence at the trial because it would be more prejudicial than probative.
• He should have retired a long time ago". His stable was supported almost exclusively by the loyalty of Prince Khaled Abdulla.
• The first permanent building inside the mall was the multifunctional building De Roef, which closed down a long time ago.