en

Meaning

Prep

1. in
2. when preceding a verb or a complement of a verb it can denote an unfinished or continued action

Adv

while; as soon as (followed by the gerund of a verb, expresses immediacy or simultaneity)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/eŋ/

Etymology

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

Sentences

De mozo converteuse en secretario do gobernador de Sevilla .

As a young man he became secretary to the governor of Seville.

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.

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."

A maioría dos barcos foron construídos nas Filipinas e só oito en México .

Most ships were built in the Philippines and only eight in Mexico.

Deixou inédito o manuscrito " Un año en Compostela ".

He left the manuscript "A Year in Compostela" unpublished.

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.

Trala súa construción o edificio foi reformado en diversas ocasións.

After its construction, the building was renovated several times.