mientras

A1Rank #281

while; 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?

Tatoeba #1214491

Eso tiene que haber pasado mientras yo estaba fuera.

That must've taken place while I was away.

Tatoeba #6682038

Mientras estabas fuera un señor vino porque te quería ver.

A man who wanted to see you came while you were out.

Tatoeba #1253680

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

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