mientras
A1Rank #281while; meanwhile
- Part of speech
- connector
- Frequency rank
- #281 of 5,000
Leo mientras espero.
I read while I wait.
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"mientras" in example sentences
"mientras" appears in 440 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. Here are 3 of them.
¿Qué es lo que quieres hacer mientras estás aquí?
What do you want to do while you're here?
Eso tiene que haber pasado mientras yo estaba fuera.
That must've taken place while I was away.
Mientras estabas fuera un señor vino porque te quería ver.
A man who wanted to see you came while you were out.
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