antano

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See also: antaño

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese antano, from Latin ante annum. Compare Portuguese antano and Spanish antaño.

Pronunciation

Adverb

antano

  1. last year
    • 1414, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 104:
      Item ha de dar conta Afonſo de Meylaen do pan de antano τ de oganno
      Item, Afonso de Meilán must give account of the grain of last year and of this year
    Pan de hoxe, carne de onte e viño de antano, manteñen o home sano. (proverb)
    Today's bread, yesterday's meat and last year's wine, keep a man sound.
  2. (figurative) yore

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese antano, from Latin ante annum.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: an‧ta‧no

Adverb

antano

  1. Alternative form of antanho