de toda la vida

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “from [someone's] whole life”.

Adjective

de toda la vida (invariable)

  1. lifelong
    Ha sido un sueño de toda la vida.
    It's been a lifelong dream.
  2. (colloquial, idiomatic) longtime, indicates that something is typical of its category and/or old
    • 2016, María Díaz, La guía gastrocómica: La guía de los cómicos que saben comer bien, Roca editorial, →ISBN:
      Un bar de toda la vida pero donde hacen las porras y churros ellos y casi a cualquier hora que entres puedes tomarlas ¡recién hechas!
      A typical old bar but they make porras and churros themselves and almost any time you come in you can have them, made fresh!

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