de modo que
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- de tal modo que
- de modo a que (nonstandard)
Conjunction
Further reading
- “de modo que”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de ˈmodo ke/ [d̪e ˈmo.ð̞o ke]
- Syllabification: de mo‧do que
Conjunction
- (followed by the subjunctive) so that, in order that, in such a way as/that, so as to, such that
- Synonym: de modo de
- Synonyms: para que, a fin de que, de manera que, de suerte que, de manera de
- Él gritó de modo que todos pudieran oír.
- He shouted so that everyone could hear.
- 1861, Edouard Charton, Mariano Urrabieta, Los viajeros modernos: o, Relaciones de los viajes más interesantes e instructivos, con biografías, notas e indicaciones iconográficas, page 119:
- Al anochecer sopló viento de este con una neblina, de modo que tuvimos que cerrar la nave á un enorme carámbano que se estendia 36 brazas debajo del agua y 16 encima de ella; era espeso de 52 brazas.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (followed by the indicative or imperative) so
- Alternative form: de modo es que
- Synonym: así que
- Es una enfermedad mortal de modo que deben cambiar su estilo de vida para sobrevivir.
- It's a deadly disease, so they must change their lifestyle in order to survive.
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “de modo que”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
- “de modo que”, in Diccionario del estudiante [Student Dictionary] (in Spanish), third edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2016
- “de modo que”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española]; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2023, →ISBN
- Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “modo”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA
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