entonces

/enˈtonθes/, [ẽn̪ˈt̪õn̟.θes]

then


Conjunction entonces

  1. 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.
  2. then, therefore, so, thus
    Estaba lloviendo antes, entonces debes traer un paraguas.
    It was raining before, so you should bring an umbrella.

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Examples
  • Si te mostrara mi casa, mi vecindario de entonces, ¿comprenderías de dónde yo vengo?

    If I showed you my house, my neighborhood back then, would you understand where I am from?

  • ¿Entonces lo harás?

    So you'll do it?

  • Entonces le diré eso.

    I'll tell him so then.

  • Yo era joven en aquel entonces.

    I was young at the time.

  • Si te saltas el desayuno y almuerzas liviano, entonces puedes comer todo lo quieras en la noche.

    If you skip breakfast and keep lunch light, then in the evening you can have whatever you want.

  • Yo era un estudiante entonces.

    I was a student at that time.

  • En muchos idiomas tal y como el portugués, el alemán, el francés, el español y el italiano, la terminación de los verbos se cambia de acuerdo con quién realiza la acción del verbo. Entonces hay que aprender los patrones del verbo.

    In many languages, such as Portuguese, German, French, Spanish, and Italian, the verb ending changes according to who is doing the action. So the patterns of the verb have to be learned.

  • Entonces ella lo hace.

    So she does.

  • ¿Entonces qué hacemos ahora?

    So what do we do now?

  • Tom habrá regresado para entonces.

    Tom may be back by then.

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