entonces

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• entonce, intonce (eye dialect)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈtõ.sis/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈtõ.sis/

• (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

1. (archaic, dialectal, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul) then (in one of the situations)

   Synonym: então

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tonce, tonces (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/ [ẽn̪ˈt̪õn̟.θes]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enˈtonses/ [ẽn̪ˈt̪õn.ses]
  • Rhymes: -onθes
  • Rhymes: -onses
• IPA^(key): [tõ̞ns], [ˈtõ̞nse̞s], [ˈtonθe̞h] (colloquial, casual speech)
  • Rhymes:
• IPA^(key): [tõ̞es], [ˈtõ̞e̞x] (colloquial, Colombian, Venezuelan speech)
  • Rhymes:

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Syllabification: en‧ton‧ces

Adverb

entonces

1. (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.

2. (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28