após

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See also: apos and apôs

Galician

Etymology 1

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Verb

após

  1. second-person singular present indicative of apoñer
  2. second-person singular present indicative of apor

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese apos, from Latin ad post.

Preposition

após

  1. after (subsequent; following in time; later than)
    Synonym: despois de

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

após (plural apósok)

  1. father-in-law (one’s spouse’s father)
    Synonym: (folksy, archaic) ipa
    Coordinate term: anyós

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative após apósok
accusative apóst apósokat
dative apósnak apósoknak
instrumental apóssal apósokkal
causal-final apósért apósokért
translative apóssá apósokká
terminative apósig apósokig
essive-formal apósként apósokként
essive-modal
inessive apósban apósokban
superessive apóson apósokon
adessive apósnál apósoknál
illative apósba apósokba
sublative apósra apósokra
allative apóshoz apósokhoz
elative apósból apósokból
delative apósról apósokról
ablative apóstól apósoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
apósé apósoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
apóséi apósokéi
Possessive forms of após
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. apósom apósaim
2nd person sing. apósod apósaid
3rd person sing. apósa apósai
1st person plural apósunk apósaink
2nd person plural apósotok apósaitok
3rd person plural apósuk apósaik

Further reading

  • após in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • após in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese apos, from Latin ad post.

Pronunciation

 

Preposition

após

  1. (formal) after (later in time)
    Synonym: depois de
    Almoçaremos após a aula.
    We will have lunch after class.
  2. (formal) past (further in location)
    Synonym: além de
    O prédio fica logo após a escola.
    The building is just past the school.
  3. (preceded and followed by the same noun) after (a great amount of)
    Synonym: e mais
    Um ano inteiro de fracasso após fracasso.
    A whole year of failure after failure.