en cuanto
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enˈkwanto/, [ẽŋˈkwãn̪t̪o]
Adverb
- (idiomatic) as soon as (immediately after)
- 2015 November 17, Carmen Pérez-Lanzac, “Las franquicias toman el centro”, in El País:
- En estas zonas se ha instalado una especie de fiebre de la franquicia y cada vez más empresarios lanzan sus establecimientos con la idea de crear una red en cuanto sea posible.
- In these areas, a kind of franchise fever has set in, and more and more business owners are launching their establishments with the idea of creating a network as soon as possible.
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Usage notes
- When referring to future events, en cuanto is followed by the subjunctive. When referring to past events, en cuanto is followed by the preterit.
Prepositional phrase
See also
Further reading
- “cuanto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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