entretanto

See also: entre tanto

Portuguese

Etymology

From entre +‎ tanto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tɾeˈtɐ̃.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tɾeˈtɐ̃.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tɾeˈtɐ̃.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tɾeˈtɐ̃.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tɾeˈtɐ̃.to/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tɾeˈtɐ̃.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.tɾɨˈtɐ̃.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu
• Hyphenation: en‧tre‧tan‧to

Adverb

entretanto (not comparable)

1. meanwhile; in the meantime

   Synonym: entrementes

Noun

entretanto m (plural entretantos)

1. meantime

   no entretanto ― in the meantime

Conjunction

entretanto

1. (Brazil) but, however

   Synonyms: mas, todavia, porém, contudo, no entanto

Spanish

Alternative forms

• entre tanto

Adverb

entretanto

1. meanwhile

   Synonyms: mientras tanto, mientras

   • 2016 December 16, “Page espera que el congreso del PSOE “no se cierre en falso” y sea “convergente””, in El País‎^[1]:

     Entretanto, los candidatables que más suenan miden sus fuerzas y otros de los que se habla en los mentideros socialistas como una opción intermedia, como Patxi López, guardan silencio: Sánchez desafió el sábado con un acto en Asturias al presidente de la gestora y del Principado, Javier Fernández, y esta tarde la presidenta de Andalucía, Susana Díaz, compartirá cartel con el expresidente José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero en un acto por el décimo aniversario de la Ley de Dependencia en Jaén.

     Meanwhile, the candidates that are making the most noise are measuring their strengths and others who are talked about among socialist gossip circles as an intermediate option, such as Patxi López, are silent: Sánchez challenged the president of the management and the Principality, Javier Fernández, on Saturday with an act in Asturias, and this afternoon the President of Andalusia, Susana Díaz, will share a poster with former President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in an act for the tenth anniversary of the Dependency Law in Jaén.

Noun

entretanto m (plural entretantos)

1. time being; mean time

Further reading

• “entretanto”, 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