Posteriormente (en. Subsequently)

/posteɾioɾmente/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

adverb

It refers to something that happens after an event or action.

Subsequently, a decision was made.

Posteriormente, se tomó una decisión.

Indicates that something occurs after a prior fact or circumstance.

The meeting took place and the reports were sent out afterward.

La reunión se realizó y posteriormente se enviaron los informes.

Used in chronological contexts to indicate a sequence of events.

I got home and then had dinner.

Llegué a casa y posteriormente cené.

From the Latin 'posterior', which means 'after' or 'later'.

subsequent to

After a specific event.

posteriormente a

to carry out later

To do something at a later time.

realizar posteriormente

it was agreed upon later

An agreement was reached at a later date.

se acordó posteriormente

previously

That occurs earlier in time.

anteriormente

immediately

Without delay or postponement.

inmediatamente

To what follows

That will be resolved to what follows, that is, subsequently.

Eso se resolverá a lo que sigue, o sea, posteriormente.

Then

We are going to do this and then, subsequently, the other thing.

Vamos a hacer esto y luego, posteriormente, lo otro.