de então

English translation: back then

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Portuguese term or phrase:	de então
English translation:	back then
Entered by:	Mary Palmer

20:43 Jul 15, 2010

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Portuguese term or phrase: de então

Please believe me, I completely forgot what "de então" means. I am dead serious! LOL. My mind just went blank. Does it mean something like "Back then"??

Thanks and here's the context:

Sylvio Romero, um dos mais prestigiosos intelectuais brasileiros nos anos iniciais da República, convidado em maio de 1908 a proferir conferência sobre a situação política e social do país, escolheu como ângulo de ataque – atividade de sua predileção – o tema das oligarquias. Para ele, o Brasil **de então** era uma ditadura desarticulada, de joelhos perante o exército e repartida em oligarquias fechadas, em que “campeiam o filhotismo, a denegação da justiça, o desconhecimento de direito aos adversários, a opressão das oposições, a impunidade dos amigos e correligionários”.

Mary Palmer KudoZ activity Questions: 696 (none open) (31 closed without grading) Answers: 1263 United States
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back then

Explanation:
Absolutely ! Right on the button!

Brazil, back then, was an unarticulated dictartoship...

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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 02:23

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Thanks Marlene!!
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5 +5

back then

Marlene Curtis

4 +3

then / at that time

swisstell

at that time

Clauwolf

of that time/at that time

Gad Kohenov

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peer agreement (net): +3

then / at that time

Explanation:
or your own suggestion "back then">
Nesse ou naquele tempo

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 08:23
Native speaker of: German

4 mins confidence:

of that time/at that time

Explanation:
My suggestion.

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 09:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French,

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 4

5 mins confidence:

at that time

Explanation:
:)

Clauwolf
Local time: 03:23
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

back then

Explanation:
Absolutely ! Right on the button!

Brazil, back then, was an unarticulated dictartoship...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 02:23
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 96

Grading comment

Thanks Marlene!!

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