enquanto

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === em quanto, emquanto (pre-reform spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enquanto, from en (“in”) + quanto (“how much”). Compare Spanish en cuanto. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu Hyphenation: en‧quan‧to === Conjunction === enquanto as; while (at the same time as) while; whereas (introduces a situation that is contrasts with another situation) ==== Derived terms ==== enquanto isso por enquanto === Preposition === enquanto (formal) as a (in the role of; being) Synonym: como === See also === durante === Further reading === “enquanto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “enquanto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026