mientras tanto

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Spanish

Adverb

mientras tanto

  1. in the meantime, meanwhile
    Synonym: entretanto
    Mientras tanto, los trabajadores instalaron barricadas.
    Meanwhile, the workers installed barricades.
    • 2016 September 11, “Palabras que han marcado historia”, in El Periódico:
      Las urnas de cartón, mientras tanto, fueron recogidas por un grupo de traperos que las vendieron a tanto el kilo.
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