once in a while

English

once in a while (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Occasionally; sometimes.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698, page 2:
  He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him.
I send her a note once in a while to let her know I'm thinking of her.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:occasionally

occasionally

Azerbaijani: arabir (az)
Bulgarian: понякога (bg) (ponjakoga), от време на време (ot vreme na vreme)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 偶爾／偶尔 (zh) (ǒu'ěr)
Danish: en gang imellem (da), indimellem
Dutch: nu en dan (nl)
Esperanto: de tempo al tempo
Finnish: ajoittain (fi), silloin tällöin (fi)
French: de temps en temps (fr)
German: ab und zu (de)
Greek: κάπου-κάπου (kápou-kápou), κάθε τόσο (káthe tóso), κατά διαστήματα (katá diastímata), πού και πού (el) (poú kai poú), μια (φορά) στο τόσο (mia (forá) sto tóso)
Hungarian: nagy ritkán, nagy néha, időnként (hu), olykor (hu), olykor-olykor, néha (hu), néha-néha, hébe-hóba
Italian: di tanto in tanto (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: av og til (no), nå og da, i gang i mellom
Ojibwe: wiikaa
Plautdietsch: enjawiess
Polish: raz na jakiś czas (pl)
Russian: иногда́ (ru) (inogdá), вре́мя от вре́мени (ru) (vrémja ot vrémeni), поро́й (ru) (porój)
Spanish: de vez en cuando (es)
Swedish: då och då (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can