Casi nunca desayuno con prisa.

I almost never eat breakfast in a hurry.

Breakdown of Casi nunca desayuno con prisa.

• yo: I
• con: with
• desayunar: to have breakfast
• la prisa: the hurry

Questions & Answers about Casi nunca desayuno con prisa.

What does casi nunca mean, and how is it different from just nunca?

Casi nunca means almost never. It softens nunca, which means never.

So:

• Nunca desayuno con prisa = I never eat breakfast in a hurry.
• Casi nunca desayuno con prisa = I almost never eat breakfast in a hurry.

It suggests that it happens very rarely, but not absolutely never.

Why is desayuno used here? Is it a verb or a noun?

Here, desayuno is a verb, from desayunar (to have breakfast / to eat breakfast).

It is the first-person singular present form:

• yo desayuno = I have breakfast

This form looks exactly like the noun desayuno (breakfast), so context tells you which one it is.

In Casi nunca desayuno con prisa, it is clearly a verb because it is the action of the sentence.

Why isn’t yo included?