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since2

/sɪnts/

Translation

conj
desde (que)
I haven't eaten since I had breakfast
No he comido nada desde el desayuno
ya que
Since you're so keen on cooking, why don't you cook something for the party?
Ya que te gusta tanto cocinar, ¿por qué no preparas algo para la fiesta?
puesto que
Since everybody agrees...
Puesto que todo el mundo está de acuerdo...
(Definition of since conj from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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