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whereupon

UK: /ˌweə.rəˈpɒn/ US: /ˌwer.əˈpɑːn/

Translation

conj
(form)
después de lo cual
I answered him, whereupon he left
Le respondí, después de lo cual se marchó
(Definition of whereupon conj from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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