entonces

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Portuguese

Etymology

From entonce +‎ -s, first attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈtõ.sis/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈtõ.sis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈtõ.siʃ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈtõ.siʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈtõ.ses/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈtõ.ses/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈtõ.sɨʃ/

Hyphenation: en‧ton‧ces

Adverb

entonces

(archaic) then (in one of the situations)
Synonym: então

References

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Spanish

Alternative forms

tonces (Chile, colloquial)
tonce (Chile, colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish entonce, entonces, from Latin in + *tunce, the latter an archaic form of tunc (“then”). Compare Portuguese então and Romanian atunci.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /enˈtonθes/
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /enˈtonses/
- (Spain) Rhymes: -onθes
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -onses
IPA^(key): , , (colloquial, casual speech)
- Rhymes:
IPA^(key): , (colloquial, Colombian, Venezuelan speech)
- Rhymes:
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Syllabification: en‧ton‧ces

Adverb

entonces

(demonstrative) then, next, thereupon, at that time, at that point
Desde entonces, siempre he tenido cuidado.
Since then I've always been careful.

Entonces, el ladrón se fue.
After that, the thief left.
(conjunctive) then, therefore, so, thus
Estaba lloviendo antes, entonces de seguro viniste con paraguas, ¿no?.
It was raining before, so you certainly came in with an umbrella, didn't you?.

Derived terms

en aquel entonces
en ese entonces (“back then, at the time”)
para entonces (“by then, by this time, by that time, by which time, by now”)
por aquel entonces (“back then, at that time”)
por entonces (“by then, at the time, at that time”)
por ese entonces
pues entonces (“well then”)

See also

pues

Further reading

“entonces”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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