entonces

Spanish

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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/, [ẽn̪ˈt̪õn̟.θes]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /enˈtonses/, [ẽn̪ˈt̪õn.ses]
• IPA^(key): [tõ̞ns], [ˈtõ̞nse̞s], [ˈtonθe̞h] (colloquial, casual speech)
• IPA^(key): [tõ̞es], [ˈtõ̞e̞x] (colloquial, Colombian, Venezuelan speech)
• Hyphenation: en‧ton‧ces

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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 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”)
• pues entonces (“well then”)

 

See also

• pues

Further reading

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