meantime

meantime
adverb, noun
((in the) time or period between: I'll hear her account of the matter later - meantime, I'd like to hear yours.) mientras tanto, entretanto
meantime
tr['miːntaɪm]
adverb
1 mientras tanto, entretanto
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
in the meantime mientras tanto
meantime ['mi:n.taɪm] adv meanwhile
meantime n
1) : interín m
2)
in the meantime : entretanto, mientras tanto
meantime
adj.
• entretanto, -a adj.
adv.
• entretanto adv.
• mientras tanto adv.
conj.
• entretanto conj.
n.
• entretanto s.m.

I 'miːntaɪm
noun

in the meantime — (while something else happens) mientras tanto, entretanto; (in the intervening period) en el ínterin or interín

for the meantime — por ahora, por el momento


II
adverb meanwhile I
['miːn'taɪm]
1.
ADV entretanto, mientras tanto
2.
N

for the meantime — (referring to now) por ahora, de momento; (referring to past) entretanto

in the meantime — (referring to now) mientras tanto; (referring to past) en el ínterin

in the meantime she had had two children — en el ínterin había tenido dos hijos

* * *

I ['miːntaɪm]
noun

in the meantime — (while something else happens) mientras tanto, entretanto; (in the intervening period) en el ínterin or interín

for the meantime — por ahora, por el momento


II
adverb meanwhile I

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