"pues" meaning in Spanish

See pues in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ˈpwes/, [ˈpwes], /ˈpos/ [colloquial], [ˈpos] [colloquial] Forms: po [alternative], poh [alternative], pos [alternative], ps [alternative, Internet]
Rhymes: -es, -os Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post. Compare English post-, Old Galician-Portuguese pós, Italian poi, Romanian păi, apoi. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|la-vul|*pos}} Vulgar Latin *pos, {{inh|es|la|post}} Latin post, {{cog|en|post-}} English post-, {{cog|roa-opt|pós}} Old Galician-Portuguese pós, {{cog|it|poi}} Italian poi, {{cog|ro|păi}} Romanian păi Head templates: {{head|es|conjunction}} pues
  1. so, then; in that case Synonyms: entonces
    Sense id: en-pues-es-conj-5B5fMci2 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 22 17 0 10 24 17 0 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 100 0
  2. because, since Synonyms: ya que
    Sense id: en-pues-es-conj-NCr9SFzZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pues bien, pues qué Related terms: después
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pues bien"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pues qué"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*pos",
      "Reconstruction:Latin/pos"
    ],
    [
      "post",
      "post#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "post-",
      "post-#English"
    ],
    [
      "pós",
      "pos#Old_Galician-Portuguese"
    ],
    [
      "poi",
      "poi#Italian"
    ],
    [
      "păi",
      "păi#Romanian"
    ],
    [
      "apoi",
      "apoi#Romanian"
    ]
  ],
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        "2": "la-vul",
        "3": "*pos"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "post"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin post",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "post-"
      },
      "expansion": "English post-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "roa-opt",
        "2": "pós"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese pós",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "poi"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian poi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "păi"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian păi",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post. Compare English post-, Old Galician-Portuguese pós, Italian poi, Romanian păi, apoi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "po",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pos",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ps",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "pues",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pues"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "pues"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "después"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 22 17 0 10 24 17 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              26,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "english": "If you have something to say, then say it.",
          "text": "Si tienes algo que decir, pues dilo.",
          "translation": "If you have something to say, then say it.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "english": "-You can leave now. -I'll go, then.",
          "text": "-Ya te puedes ir. -Pues me voy.",
          "translation": "-You can leave now. -I'll go, then.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "so, then; in that case"
      ],
      "id": "en-pues-es-conj-5B5fMci2",
      "links": [
        [
          "so",
          "so"
        ],
        [
          "then",
          "then"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "entonces"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              18,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "english": "It is the same cat, since it has the same appearance.",
          "text": "Es el mismo gato, pues tiene la misma apariencia.",
          "translation": "It is the same cat, since it has the same appearance.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              136,
              140
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              154,
              159
            ]
          ],
          "english": "There are various means to make them fall, when they pass by intoning their fateful tué, tué, tué, which is the only signal which reveals their presence, since they are invisible to all those who are not witches.",
          "ref": "1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 42:",
          "text": "Hay varios medios para hacerlos caer, cuando pasan entonando su fatídico tué, tué, tué, que es la única señal que delatar su presencia, pues son invisibles para todos los que no son Brujos.",
          "translation": "There are various means to make them fall, when they pass by intoning their fateful tué, tué, tué, which is the only signal which reveals their presence, since they are invisible to all those who are not witches.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "because, since"
      ],
      "id": "en-pues-es-conj-NCr9SFzZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "because",
          "because"
        ],
        [
          "since",
          "since"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ya que"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpwes/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpwes]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-es"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpos/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpos]",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-os"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pues"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/es",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/es/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/os",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/os/1 syllable",
    "Spanish 1-syllable words",
    "Spanish conjunctions",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Spanish terms inherited from Latin",
    "Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "pues bien"
    },
    {
      "word": "pues qué"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*pos",
      "Reconstruction:Latin/pos"
    ],
    [
      "post",
      "post#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "post-",
      "post-#English"
    ],
    [
      "pós",
      "pos#Old_Galician-Portuguese"
    ],
    [
      "poi",
      "poi#Italian"
    ],
    [
      "păi",
      "păi#Romanian"
    ],
    [
      "apoi",
      "apoi#Romanian"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la-vul",
        "3": "*pos"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *pos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "post"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin post",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "post-"
      },
      "expansion": "English post-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "roa-opt",
        "2": "pós"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese pós",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "poi"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian poi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "păi"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian păi",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post. Compare English post-, Old Galician-Portuguese pós, Italian poi, Romanian păi, apoi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "po",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pos",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ps",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "pues",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pues"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "pues"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "después"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              26,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "english": "If you have something to say, then say it.",
          "text": "Si tienes algo que decir, pues dilo.",
          "translation": "If you have something to say, then say it.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "english": "-You can leave now. -I'll go, then.",
          "text": "-Ya te puedes ir. -Pues me voy.",
          "translation": "-You can leave now. -I'll go, then.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "so, then; in that case"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "so",
          "so"
        ],
        [
          "then",
          "then"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "entonces"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with quotations",
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "english": "It is the same cat, since it has the same appearance.",
          "text": "Es el mismo gato, pues tiene la misma apariencia.",
          "translation": "It is the same cat, since it has the same appearance.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              136,
              140
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              154,
              159
            ]
          ],
          "english": "There are various means to make them fall, when they pass by intoning their fateful tué, tué, tué, which is the only signal which reveals their presence, since they are invisible to all those who are not witches.",
          "ref": "1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 42:",
          "text": "Hay varios medios para hacerlos caer, cuando pasan entonando su fatídico tué, tué, tué, que es la única señal que delatar su presencia, pues son invisibles para todos los que no son Brujos.",
          "translation": "There are various means to make them fall, when they pass by intoning their fateful tué, tué, tué, which is the only signal which reveals their presence, since they are invisible to all those who are not witches.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "because, since"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "because",
          "because"
        ],
        [
          "since",
          "since"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ya que"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpwes/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpwes]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-es"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpos/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpos]",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-os"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pues"
}

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