A veces escribo una nota entre paréntesis para no olvidar una excepción.

Sometimes I write a note in parentheses so I do not forget an exception.

Breakdown of A veces escribo una nota entre paréntesis para no olvidar una excepción.

• yo: I
• una: a
• a veces: sometimes
• escribir: to write

Questions & Answers about A veces escribo una nota entre paréntesis para no olvidar una excepción.

What does a veces mean, and why is it plural?

A veces means sometimes.

It is a fixed expression in Spanish, literally something like at times. That is why veces is plural: vez means time/occasion, and veces means times/occasions.

Examples:

• A veces leo por la noche. = Sometimes I read at night.
• A veces no entiendo. = Sometimes I don’t understand.

Spanish also has a menudo for often, but a veces specifically means sometimes.

Why is it escribo?

Escribo is the first-person singular present tense form of escribir (to write).

So:

• yo escribo = I write

In this sentence, escribo means I write or I do write, depending on context.

A quick pattern:

• escribo = I write
• escribes = you write
• escribe = he/she writes
• escribimos = we write
• escribís = you all write (Spain)
• escriben = they/you all write