en

Meaning

1. in
2. when preceding a verb or a complement of a verb it can denote an unfinished or continued action
3. while; as soon as (used in a gerundial clause to emphasize its conditional or temporal meaning)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/eŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: in

Inherited from Latin: inde

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese en, from Latin in, from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

Sentences

Está estudando un grao en Xeografía e Historia .

He is studying a degree in Geography and History.

Doutora en Ciencias Económicas pola Universidade de Santiago de Compostela .

PhD in Economic Sciences from the University of Santiago de Compostela.

Licenciouse en ciencias da información en Madrid .

He graduated in information science in Madrid.

Os dominios subdivídense en reinos .

Domains are subdivided into kingdoms.

Por iso en moitas ocasións tamén se chamou a estas forzas "milicias burguesas".

That is why on many occasions these forces have also been called "bourgeois militias."

En devandito artigo presenta a xa famosa distinción entre liberdade positiva e liberdade negativa.

In this article, we present the famous distinction between positive freedom and negative freedom.