entonces

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈtonθes/ [ẽn̪ˈt̪õn̟.θes]
• Rhymes: -onθes
• Syllabification: en‧ton‧ces

Adverb

entonces

1. (dialectal, Eastern) alternative form of entós

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish entonces (“therefore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈtonses/, [ẽn̪ˈt̪õn.ses]
• Hyphenation: en‧ton‧ces

Conjunction

entonces

1. therefore

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. (dialectal, chiefly Rio Grande do Sul, Minho, Trás-os-Montes) then (in one of the situations)

   Synonym: então

Further reading

• “entonces”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “entonces”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tonce, tonces (colloquial)
• entonce (archaic)
• antonce (greeting, Dominican Republic)

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): /enˈtonθes/ [ẽn̪ˈt̪õn̟.θes] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /enˈtonses/ [ẽn̪ˈt̪õn.ses] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -onθes (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
  • Rhymes: -onses (Latin America, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): (colloquial, casual speech) [tõ̞ns], [ˈtõ̞nse̞s], (s-debuccalization) [ˈtõ̞nse̞(h)], (southern Spain) [ˈtõ̞nθe̞(h)]
  • Rhymes:
• IPA^(key): [tõ̞es], [ˈtõ̞e̞x] (colloquial, Colombian, Venezuelan speech)
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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; in that case

   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

• chúpalo entonces
• 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”)
• pues entonces

See also

• pues

Further reading

• “entonces”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “entonces”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010