pues

/ˈpwes/ · A1 · conj

so, then

From Latin post (after): what comes after follows, so pues = so, then

Latin post (after) became Spanish pues, the same root as después. The sense slid from after that to so, then, and to since. Sound hook: pues is a pause word, the filler Spanish speakers say while thinking, like well or so.

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