aleshores
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin ad illās hōrās (“at those hours”). Compare Occitan alara, French alors, Italian allora, Spanish alora.
Pronunciation
Adverb
aleshores
- then, back then, in those times
- Synonym: llavors
- des d'aleshores ― since then
- so, then, in that case
Further reading
- “aleshores”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “aleshores”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “aleshores” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “aleshores” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.