No. 5,448 in Spanish
ocasional
Occasional; happening or appearing infrequently or irregularly.
In a sentence
Yo soy un lector ocasional de novelas históricas.
I am an occasional reader of historical novels.
In this sentence, 'ocasional' is used as an adjective describing the frequency of reading novels, implying that the action is not regular but happens sporadically.
El restaurante tiene visitas ocasionales por parte de celebridades.
The restaurant has occasional visits from celebrities.
Here, 'ocasional' is an adjective indicating the periodic and irregular occurrence of celebrity visits to the restaurant.
Organizamos reuniones ocasionales en el club para los miembros.
We organize occasional meetings in the club for the members.
'Ocasionales' in this context modifies 'reuniones' suggesting that the meetings are not regular but happen from time to time.
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