Spanish · Chapter 43 · Lesson 15 · Grammar primer
Time and frequency phrases
The fixed multi-word adverbials: de vez en cuando (now and then), a menudo (often), de repente (suddenly), poco a poco (little by little), tarde o temprano (sooner or later), hoy en dia - learned whole.
The short version
Cada dos por tres has nothing to do with counting
Literally every two by three, it means constantly, every five minutes, and it usually carries a note of exasperation. Nothing in the words gives that away, which is the whole point of this family of phrases. Stop translating the parts, store the chunk, and drop it in ready-made.
Me llama cada dos por tres.
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