Habit in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

Normal speech: ah-bee-TOO-al
IPA: aβiˈtual

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Origin

From Latin “habitualis”, meaning “belonging to a condition or habit”.

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habitual info.

**Tips to remember the word ‘habitual’:**
– Associate ‘habitual’ with ‘habit’ as they share the root. Think of ‘habitual’ as describing someone’s ‘habit’.
– Remember that adding ‘-ual’ to ‘habit’ relates to the regular practice or behavior (‘-ual’ often turns nouns into adjectives related to those nouns).
– Link it with daily routines, as ‘habitual’ actions are those carried out typically or regularly.

**Explanations:**
– ‘Habitual’ as an adjective describes something that is done regularly or is a recurring practice.

**Other words that mean the same thing:**
– Customary
– Regular
– Usual
– Routine
– Chronic (when referring to a habitual action that is negative, such as illness or behavior)
– Inveterate (particularly for bad habits)

**Alternate meanings like slang:**
– In some contexts, ‘habitual’ could be used informally or slangily to describe someone who is known for a specific habit, especially a bad one, like “He’s a habitual liar.”

**Examples of sentences that use ‘habitual’:**
1. She is a habitual coffee drinker, never starting her day without a cup.
2. Arriving late was habitual for him; he rarely showed up on time.
3. Their habitual evening walks were a part of their daily exercise routine.
4. The company took action against the employee’s habitual tardiness.
5. Despite his habitual joking, he can be serious when the situation calls for it.

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