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What does “Cada dos por tres” mean?

SpanishColors and numbersInformal

Cada dos por tres

Word for word

Every two by three

What it really means

All the time, at a frequency that has become annoying. Note that English counts in minutes rather than in numbers.

How we say it in English

Every five minutes

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