pues

See also: pués

Asturian

Etymology 1

Conjunction

pues

1. alternative form of pos

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• puedes

Verb

pues

1. second-person singular present indicative of poder

Catalan

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish pues.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [puˈes], [pwes], [pos]

Conjunction

pues

1. so, then; in that case

   Synonym: doncs

2. because, since

   Synonyms: ja que, puix

Usage notes

• Considered a barbarisme influence of Spanish. It is also written pos in an even more colloquial way.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpu.əs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpu.es]
• Rhymes: -ues

Noun

pues

1. plural of pua

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py/
• Homophones: pu, pue, puent, pus, put, pût

Verb

pues

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of puer

Anagrams

• supe, supé

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post. Compare English post-, Old Galician-Portuguese pós, Italian poi, Romanian păi, apoi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpwes/ [ˈpwes]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: pues

Conjunction

pues

1. so, then; in that case

   Synonym: entonces

   Pues me voy. ― I'll go, then.

2. because, since

   Es el mismo gato, pues tiene la misma apariencia.

   It is the same cat, since it has the same appearance.

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 42:

     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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• pues bien

Related terms

• después
• pos

Further reading

• “pues”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024