antes

antes

1. plural of ante

antes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ante

• Teans, Tenas, etnas, nates, neats, netas, senat, stane, stean

• antia (Parres, Sobrescobiu)
• anties (Casu)
• antias (Palacios del Sil, Eo-Navia)

• IPA^(key): /ˈantes/,
• Rhymes: -antes
• Hyphenation: an‧tes

antes

1. before, beforehand (in a remote time, while enantes is a recent past)

   Antonym: dempués

• enantes

antes f

1. plural of ante

From Old Galician-Portuguese antes, from ante + adverbial -s,^[1] the former from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈantes/
• Rhymes: -antes
• Hyphenation: an‧tes

antes

1. before, prior to

   Antonym: despois

• ante

antes

1. plural of ante

antes (Latin spelling)

1. before

Uncertain. Pokorny^[1] suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, front side”), like the cognate Latin ante (“before; in front”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈan.teːs/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.tes/,

antēs m pl (genitive antium); third declension

1. rows of vines, of plants or of soldiers

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

• “antes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• antes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• tensa

From Spanish antes and Portuguese antes and Kabuverdianu antis.

antes

1. earlier
2. before (at an earlier time)
3. formerly

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.tis/, /ɐ̃t͡s/
• Hyphenation: an‧tes

From Old Galician-Portuguese antes, from ante + adverbial -s,^[1] the former from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti.

• ante (obsolete)

antes (not comparable)

1. before (at an earlier time)

   Antonym: depois

2. in the past; previously

   Synonyms: anteriormente, antigamente

   Antonym: futuramente

3. preferably, better, rather

   Synonyms: melhor, preferivelmente

   Antes só do que mal acompanhado.

   Better alone than in bad company.

• ante-

antes m pl (plural only)

1. (historical) Antes (Slavic tribe from the lower Danube in the early Middle Ages)

• IPA^(key): /ˈantes/

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• Rhymes: -antes
• Syllabification: an‧tes

Inherited from Old Spanish antes, from ante + adverbial -s,^[1] the former from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti.

antes

1. earlier, before, sooner, previously, formerly, beforehand (at an earlier time)

   Synonyms: anteriormente, previamente, a priori

   Antonyms: después, luego, posteriormente, a posteriori

   poco antes ― shortly before

   Nos conocimos antes, ¿te acuerdas?

   We met before, remember?

   La embajadora llegó antes de lo esperado.

   The ambassador arrived sooner than expected

2. soon (in certain phrases)

   Quería que lo supieras cuanto antes.

   I wanted to let you know as soon as possible.

   Ven a mi casa lo antes posible.

   Come over to my place as soon as possible.

3. ahead (temporally), ahead of (when followed by de)

   Bueno, si solo hubieras llamado antes como te dije, ni siquiera estaríamos en esta situación.

   Well, if you had just called ahead like I told you to, we wouldn't even be in this situation.

4. once, formerly (in the past)

   Synonyms: antiguamente, antaño

   Antes todos tenían buscapersonas.

   Everyone used to have pagers.

5. first (before a condition is fulfilled)
6. rather, sooner (used to specify a preference)

   Antes morir que perder.

   I'd rather die than lose.

antes de

1. before (earlier than) (triggers the subjunctive in subordinate clauses)

   Antonym: después

   antes de 1910 ― before 1910

   antes de que pudiera responder ― before I could reply

   Antes de ver el documental, no sabíamos nada del tema.

   Before watching the documentary, we didn't know anything about the issue.

• → Zoogocho Zapotec: antzle

antes m pl

1. plural of ante

• “antes”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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