What is the meaning of “only other time” in the sentence:
But it’s only been a month since we met and the only other time I’ve said those words out loud to a girl was over a year ago.
What is the meaning of “only other time” in the sentence:
But it’s only been a month since we met and the only other time I’ve said those words out loud to a girl was over a year ago.
From M-W:
Time: 2. the point or period when something occurs (= occasion)
"But it’s only been a month since we met and the only other occasion I’ve said those words out loud to a girl was over a year ago."
The writer is saying that whatever he said to the person he is talking about, he only said it once to a girl a year ago. "Only" means it happened once before and no more than once, and "other" means that time/occasion that is not this one.
If it's of any help, the two concepts of time as a period and time as an occasion are expressed differently in Spanish (tiempo and vez), Italian (tempo and volta) and French (temps and fois).