antaño

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See also: antano

Spanish

FWOTD – 5 October 2014

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ante annum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈtaɲo/
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  • Rhymes: -aɲo
  • Syllabification: an‧ta‧ño

Adverb

antaño

  1. in the past, in the old days, of yore, yesteryear
    Synonym: antiguamente
  2. (now rare) last year
    • 1760s, Pedro Ángel de Tarazona, Francisco Generas, El Pensador Matritense, volume 4, page 256:
      En una Comedia, que representamos antaño en las Fiestas de Baco, […]
      In a comedy, which we performed last year in the Festivals of Bacchus,

Derived terms

Noun

antaño m (plural antaños)

  1. the distant past
    Mi abuelo me contó de la vida de antaño.
    My grandfather told me of life in the old days.
    • 1999, Arístides Rojas, “Crónica de Caracas”, in El Nacional, page 21:
      Un mismo alimiento nutría a los moradores de la Caracas de antaño, y ricos y pobres solicitaban la misma comida en el mercado general.
      The same food nourished the inhabitants of Caracas in the old days, and rich and poor people asked for the same food in the common market.

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: antanho

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