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Traducción de then en Español:
then
entonces, adv.
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adverbio
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1.1(at that time)
entoncesit was then that I remembered — fue entonces / en ese momento cuando me acordé- that was then and this is now — eso fue entonces y esto es ahora
- It was about then that I questioned the wisdom of skipping supper before coming out.
- Nothing had changed since then except the addition of the proposed obligation.
- Since then it has become one of the more ridiculous additions to the four-year festival.
- I think ministerial salaries have improved in both real and relative terms since then.
- It was only then that she noticed Rhea beside her, and someone in front of them.
- By then, he emphasises, Asia will be home to two thirds of the world's population.
- By then, the emphasis was fully focused on the harmony and happiness of the marriage.
- He worked at one of the camps that was set up for Russian former soldiers who were then guest workers.
- The first virus arrived within four hours, and since then I have had eight more.
- We realised what had happened about an hour later but by then the bag had already gone.
- Back then, we didn't have to wear shin guards while playing soccer.
- My then wife, Laura, didn't like the idea, and as it turned out, I should have listened to her.
- It was then that I noticed that all eyes were trained on the television above our heads.
- We were living overseas by then.
- I used to see them a lot then.
- that was then and this is now — eso fue entonces y esto es ahora
1.2(in those days)
en aquel entoncesen aquella épocaa la sazón literario
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2.1(by that time)
we had then been living there for 20 years — para esa época, hacía 20 años que vivíamos allí- I'll then have been working for two years — para entonces, tendré dos años de trabajo
- I'll then have been working for two years — para entonces, tendré dos años de trabajo
2.2
I wish I'd known before then — ojalá lo hubiera sabido antes- between then and now — desde entonces hasta ahora
- by then — para entonces
- from then on(ward) — a partir de ese momento
- (up) until / till then, up to then — hasta entonces
- between then and now — desde entonces hasta ahora
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3.1(next, afterward)
despuésluegoturn right, then left — dobla a la derecha, después / luego a la izquierda- There's nothing better than making dinner for a group of friends then going out out afterwards.
- During the war years, every penny went on the war, and then afterwards on rebuilding.
- On the night of the offence, he had been for a drink after work and then gone home, he said.
- It became a naval hospital during the Second World War and then a technical college and school.
- They then started the second half as they had ended the first, on the attack.
- After his arrest, he had had to make his own way back to Brighton and then pay for a second trip to York for the court case.
- He then received a second call from her in the evening bearing the bad news.
- He fired once into the air, and then a second time, hitting James in the arm.
- A second unit will then be set up in Edinburgh, most likely at the Western General Hospital.
- There was then a moment of silence as her eyes narrowed slightly and her lips went into a small pout.
- I saw the attacker hit the lad in the head or the face two or three times and then after about ten seconds he walked off.
- He managed to push them away for a moment and then ran towards a taxi on the other side of the street.
- We scored early in the second half and then life became very difficult for Northern Ireland.
- He would be laughing and joking one moment and then totally different the next.
- She ponders for a moment and then stresses that she does not consider it to be a stepping stone to anything.
- He just carries on chewing gum for a second then they launch into another song.
- There was silence for a moment and then the place erupted with cries of delight and amazement.
- She fingered a few leg and back muscles for a couple of seconds and then disappeared from the room.
- She was picked for a second audition and then recalled and told she had the part.
- Just remember where you posted this and then ask yourself the question again.
- He was suspended on a slightly reduced salary for six months, and then he was demoted.
- He gave me a kiss on the cheek, then stood up and helped me up to stand beside him.
3.2(in those circumstances)
entoncesyou might lose your job: what would you do then? — podrías perder el trabajo ¿y entonces qué harías?- what then? — ¿entonces qué?
- If breaking the laws of physics is necessary to get the plot of the movie to work, then okay.
- We're at home and as long as we keep playing and keep battling to the end as we have been doing then we should do okay.
- If this is easy to recognise for what it is then okay, but if not its effect could be diminished.
- Okay then - but is there at least a critique of capitalism that has a potential for replacing it?
- If you really don't want to stay here, then okay, I'll call Dave and have him pick you up.
- If you have trained, you are in good condition and you acclimatise, then you should be okay.
- We need to get into the top three at some stage and even if it is towards the end of the season then that is okay.
- Therefore, if a person is caught with more, then he or she has to prove that it is not for supply.
- If not, then the child will probably need a statement and therefore requires an assessment.
- If we do not increase their wages and salaries, then they will pack their bags and go.
- If you don't want to reveal your salary or your expensive habits then now is the time to reconsider.
- If you find that your salary barely pays off what you owe, then it's time to take some action.
- Furthermore, if they replaced the letter in the envelope then we would not know they had done so.
- As long as I have the same equipment as the car beside me come race weekend then I am pretty happy.
- My friends, if a week is a long time in politics, then a year sometimes seems like a lifetime.
- If we do not find a way of resolving the sins of the past then we are doomed to repeat them.
- If you thought the use of leeches in medicine was a thing of the past then think again.
- If the brand has used direct marketing in the past, then an updated database should be available.
- Is it any wonder, then, that we sometimes feel that we are living in a world on the edge of oblivion?
- So much, then, for the adaptations and additions made both by Matthew and by Luke.
- what then? — ¿entonces qué?
3.3(besides, in addition)
además(and) then there's a third argument — además / en segundo lugar hay un tercer argumento- Work is mad at the moment, and then there are exams to think about as well.
- I feel that I am in a really lucky position. I paint what I like on the street and then I have a studio where I can play around with different ideas and effects, the kind of things you could never do on the street.
- And then I have a spring show to think about, too.
- There are grievances, and then there are special grievances.
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4.1(as a consequence)
hold on tight and then you won't fall — agárrate fuerte que así no te caes / y entonces no te caerás- if you don't work, then you won't pass — si no trabajas, no aprobarás
- if you don't work, then you won't pass — si no trabajas, no aprobarás
4.2(in that case)
entoncesyou try doing it then, if you're so clever! — ¡inténtalo tú, entonces, ya que eres tan listo!4.3(as may be inferred)
entoncesyou're going then, I see — entonces vas a ir / así que vas a ir, por lo que veo4.4(to sum up)
entonces- See you there then!
- He hugged me tightly and whispered, ‘So Ill see you in a week then?’
- See you next week, then!
- Till tomorrow then!
5
then again — también- he might get the job and then again he might not — puede que consiga el trabajo y (también) puede que no
- then again we could stay home — pero también podríamos quedarnos en casa / otra opción sería quedarnos en casa
- he might get the job and then again he might not — puede que consiga el trabajo y (también) puede que no
adjetivo
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entoncesthe then leader/president/secretary — el entonces líder/presidente/secretario
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