Confused abut the use of "entonces"

Question

I am a begining spanish student and I am trying to translate the sentence below. The problem is with the "entonces" after the comma. My translation is :

In latin american countries, soccer is more popular than football of here, then.

"En los paises latinos,el soccer es mas popular que el futbol de aqui,entonces."

I have the last 3 words wrong but can't figure out a better translation . It seems the "entonces" at the end of the sentence does not make any sense. Any help would be most appreciated.

Regards Gary

Answer 1

The then would only make sense if the previous context was an argument with some premise and supporting evidence and your sentence is the conclusion.

• The American football season is only played for a short part of the year.
• It is ranked second to baseball as favorite sports.
• Soccer is played virtually year round.
• It is the number one ranked L.A. favorite sport.
• In Latin American countries.........,then.

Or you disprove a contradictory statement and then draw a conclusion.

Bottom: line: the "then" is awkward standing alone without further context.

Answer 2

Why not try this:

En países latinoamericanos, el fútbol es más popular que el fútbol americano está aquí.

Answer 3

Hi and welcome to the forum,

I am wondering if the English version of this sentence is correct. I think it would sound better saying something like:

In Latin American countries, soccer is more popular than football is here.

or

Soccer is more important in Latin American countries than football is here.

"Entonces" at the end of the sentence is not correct since the word basically means "so" or "then". We would probably not put "so" or "then" at the end of a sentence in English, so it doesn't make sense to do it in Spanish either.