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1 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, entretantotr['miːntaɪm]1 mientras tanto, entretanto\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLin the meantime mientras tantomeantime n1) : interín m2)in the meantime : entretanto, mientras tantoadj.• entretanto, -a adj.adv.• entretanto adv.• mientras tanto adv.conj.• entretanto conj.n.• entretanto s.m.
I 'miːntaɪmin 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
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['miːn'taɪm]1.ADV entretanto, mientras tanto2.Nfor 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
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I ['miːntaɪm]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
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2 ahora
ahora adverbio 1 la juventud de ahora young people today; hasta ahora so far, up to now; de ahora en adelante from now on; por ahora for the time being; por ahora va todo bien everything's going all right so farb) (inmediatamente, pronto):◊ ahora mismo right now o away;ahora te lo muestro I'll show it to you in a minute o second o moment; ¡ahora voy! I'm coming!; ¡hasta ahora! (esp Esp) see you soon! 2
ahora
I adverbio
1 (en este instante) now ➣ Ver nota en now 2 (hace muy poco) ahora mismo acabo de verle, I've just seen him (dentro de muy poco) ahora mismo iba a salir, I'm just leaving
ahora vuelvo, I'll be right back 3 de ahora en adelante, from now on
hasta ahora, (hasta el momento) until now, so far (hasta luego) see you later
por a., for the time being
II conj ahora bien, (sin embargo) however (admitido esto) well then ' ahora' also found in these entries: Spanish: actualmente - ahorita - apear - bien - consabida - consabido - derrumbarse - desahogo - despistada - despistado - doble - estar - estirón - explicarse - golpista - hormigueo - justa - justo - ligadura - mando - media - misma - mismo - mullida - mullido - paro - partir - penitencia - pereza - prematura - prematuro - que - resultar - salir - servir - teléfono - tripa - ubicarse - vaya - vestidura - vivir - acercar - adelante - aprovechar - cuando - dejar - desear - destinado - duda - enterarse English: all - anything - apart - at - attain - billion - central - colour - come - currently - dad - daddy - directly - else - far - for - forward - from - fund - future - granite - hence - henceforth - hereafter - hitherto - just - lease - light - meantime - middle - military - muddy - now - occasion - on - only - onward - onwards - presently - procrastinate - queer - report - right - shall - should - step - stress - study - this - time -
3 meanwhile
(during this time; at the same time: The child had gone home. Meanwhile, his mother was searching for him in the street.) entretantomeanwhile adv mientras tantotr['miːnwaɪl]1 mientras tanto, entretantomeanwhile ['mi:n.hwaɪl] adv: entretanto, mientras tantoadv.• entretanto adv.• mientras tanto adv.• ínterin adv.conj.• entretanto conj.• mientras tanto conj.
I 'miːnhwaɪladverb mientras tanto, entretanto
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['miːn'waɪl]1.ADV entretanto, mientras tanto2.Nin the meanwhile — entretanto, mientras tanto
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I ['miːnhwaɪl]adverb mientras tanto, entretanto
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См. также в других словарях:
for the meantime — phrase until a later time The department’s finances are currently being reviewed so all expense claims have been put on hold for the meantime. Thesaurus: from now or from a particular timesynonym Main entry: meantime * * * for the meantime : for… … Useful english dictionary
for the meantime — until a later time The department s finances are currently being reviewed so all expense claims have been put on hold for the meantime … English dictionary
for the time being — Synonyms and related words: ad interim, as of now, as things are, at present, at this juncture, at this moment, at this point, at this time, awhile, between acts, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, but now, during the interval, en attendant, even now,… … Moby Thesaurus
for the time being — adverb temporarily (Freq. 2) we ll stop for the time being • Syn: ↑for the moment * * * FOR NOW, for the moment, for the present, in the interim, for the nonce, in/for the meantime, in the meanwhile, for a short time, briefly; temporarily,… … Useful english dictionary
for the time being — we re living in the cottage for the time being Syn: for now, for the moment, for the present, in the interim, for the nonce, in/for the meantime, in the meanwhile, for a short time, briefly; temporarily, provisionally, pro tem … Thesaurus of popular words
for the nonce — FOR THE TIME BEING, temporarily, pro tem, for now, for the moment, for the interim, for a while, for the present, in the meantime; provisionally. → nonce * * * adverb 1. dial chiefly Eng : for the particular or express purpose had an anger fit… … Useful english dictionary
for the nonce — for the nonce, I ll be the acting chairman Syn: for the time being, temporarily, pro tem, for now, for the moment, for the interim, for a while, for the present, in the meantime; provisionally … Thesaurus of popular words
For the Man Who Has Everything — Infobox comics story arc imagesize= caption = Cover by Dave Gibbons publisher =DC Comics, edited by Julius Schwartz date=1985 titles= Superman Annual #11 notable=y main char team = Superman, Mongul, Wonder Woman, Batman, Robin, Jor El writers =… … Wikipedia
for the present — in the meantime, now, at this time … English contemporary dictionary
in the meantime — for now, meanwhile Someday I want to own a yacht. In the meantime, I have a canoe … English idioms
in the meantime — adverb during the intervening time (Freq. 4) meanwhile I will not think about the problem meantime he was attentive to his other interests in the meantime the police were notified • Syn: ↑meanwhile, ↑meantime * * * in the meantime … Useful english dictionary
