Translation
I mean, in other words; so (you're saying)
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He arrives on Monday, I mean, in three days.
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So you're not coming, then.
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She hasn't called me. In other words, she doesn't care.
says it again in other words: I mean. It can also pull out the conclusion someone is avoiding: o sea, que no vienes, so you're not coming, then. Some speakers use it constantly, the way English speakers use like. Literally it is or be it, from the subjunctive of ser, but nobody hears that in the filler.
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