Pues.......?

Question

Puede explicar como se usa "pues?" Como, "y pues," "pues si," "pues claro." Hay una traduccion directa de ese palabra? Aparece que el significado depende del contexto.

Graaaaacias!

Answer 1

Well, so ...

pues bien, well then

pues si, well yes

pues claro, well of course (clearly)

Answer 2

¡Órale pues! = Alrighty then!

nice :) - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 26, 2011

Answer 3

I'm also having trouble with pues. It seems like it means almost anything/nothing....I asked a Spanish speaker about pues and she told me that it's mostly used as a muletilla [a crutch word] - similar I guess to well...like...um...in English - to give a person thinking-time when they're speaking.

I can only repeat what she told me [as best as I can remember it], but I'm still a bit fuzzy on the topic myslef...

Answer 4

It seems like it means almost anything/nothing

Yes, this is more or less it, we often use it just to fill in a gap, as in a sudden silence in a conversation