entretanto
Spanish, noun/entɾeˈtanto/
entretanto is spelled E-N-T-R-E-T-A-N-T-O (10 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,361st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entretanto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “time being; mean time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does entretanto mean in English?
adverb
- 1
meanwhile
noun
- 1
masculinetime being; mean time
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Durante el tiempo entre dos eventos o entre el momento actual y un evento próximo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of entretanto
- entre tanto alternative
- entretantos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entretanto?
- /entɾeˈtanto/
- [ẽn̪.t̪ɾeˈt̪ãn̪.t̪o]
- [ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈt̪ãn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entretanto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entretanto in Spanish?
entretanto appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).