en cuanto

Etymology
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Adverb

 * 1)  as soon as immediately after

Usage notes

 * When referring to future events, en cuanto is followed by the present or imperfect subjunctive. When referring to past events, en cuanto is followed by the preterite. In literary or old-fashioned Spanish, it can be used with the like in the following example from 1830 (Los bandos de Castilla by )

Prepositional phrase

 * 1) as, while
 * 2) as in the role of
 * 1) as in the role of