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Meaning of once upon a time | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

ˈwʌns.əˈpɑn.əˈtaɪ̯m

Definitions

A long time ago; at some time in the past (a traditional beginning of children's stories, especially fairy tales).
not-comparable
Formerly.
not-comparable

Equivalents

العربية كَان يَامَا كَان يوما

Azərbaycanca biri var idi, biri yox idi

Български имало едно време

Bosanski negda negdar негда

Čeština bylo nebylo

Cymraeg unwaith

Dansk der var engang

Deutsch es war einmal

Ελληνικά μια φορά κι έναν καιρό μια φορά κι έναν καιρό

Esperanto iam estis

Español era una vez érase una vez había una vez

Euskara bazen behin behin batean

فارسی روزی از روزها روزی روزگاری یکی بود یکی نبود

Suomi kerran olipa kerran

Français il était une fois il y avait une fois

Gaeilge fadó fadó

Gàidhlig bha siud ann uaireigin

Galego cando os animais falaban

עברית היה היה

Hrvatski negda negdar негда

Հայերեն լինում է, չի լինում կար-չկար

Bahasa Indonesia zaman kuda gigit besi

Íslenska einu sinni var

Italiano c'era una volta

日本語今は昔昔昔

ქართული იყო და არა იყო რა იყო და არა იყო რა, ღვთის უკეთესი რა იქნებოდა

ខ្មែរ កាលពីព្រេងនាយ

한국어 옛날 옛날 옛적 옛날 옛적에

Latina forte olim

Lietuvių seniai, labai seniai

മലയാളം ഒരിക്കൽ

Nederlands er was eens

Polski dawno, dawno temu dawno, dawno temu pewnego razu za górami, za lasami za górami, za lasami

Português era uma vez havia uma vez

Română a fost odată

Српски negda negdar негда

Svenska det var en gång det var en gång

தமிழ் முன்னொரு காலத்தில் முன்னொரு காலத்துல

ไทย กาลครั้งหนึ่ง

Tagalog noong unang panahon

Türkçe bir varmış, bir yokmuş evvel zaman içinde, kalbur saman içinde vaktiyle

Українська давним-давно одного разу раз

Tiếng Việt ngày xửa ngày xưa

Examples

“Once upon a time, in a faraway land ⟳, there lived a beautiful princess.”

“There was once upon a time a charcoal-burner who had a son, and he was also a charcoal-burner.”

“Once upon a time, there was a Goblin Queen And she lived in a grand palace...”

“Long before popular music evolved its many genres and subgenres, the industry was driven by a simple one-size-fits-all philosophy […] Songwriters, once upon a time, wrote songs for the masses.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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