entón

See also: enton

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈton/, [ẽn̪ˈt̪õŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: en‧tón

Adverb

entón

1. Alternative form of entós

Galician

Alternative forms

• entom, então (reintegrationist)
• antón, entoas, entonces, entonzas, entuás, estonces (Dialectal forms)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese enton, from Vulgar Latin *in tunc, from Latin in + tunc (“then”). Cognate to Portuguese então and, mostly, to Spanish entonces as well.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈtoŋ/ [en̪ˈt̪oŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: en‧tón

Adverb

entón

1. then (at that time)
2. back then

   Synonyms: atrás, daquela

3. then (soon afterwards; after that)

   Synonym: despois

Conjunction

entón

1. thus; therefore (as a result)

   Synonyms: consecuentemente, logo, polo tanto, xa que logo

Interjection

entón

1. so (used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story)

   Entón, que foi? ― So, what happened?

References

• “enton” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “enton” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “entón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “entón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “entón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “entonces” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.