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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enton”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enton”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “entón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “entón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “entón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “entonces”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN