atrás

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See also: atras, ātras, and ātrās

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese atras (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *ad trans, from Latin trāns (beyond).

Pronunciation

Adverb

atrás

  1. behind, in back of
    • 1365, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Dominguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 495:
      outra leira de terreo que jaz atras o çelleiro do Penedo con hun presegeiro que y esta en ella.
      another plot of land which lies behind the barn of Penedo, with a peach tree which is there in it
  2. rearward, backwards, towards the back
  3. back in time; back then; ago
    Synonyms: entón, daquela
    Alá atrás eramos ben amigos.Back then we were good friends.
    • 1266, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 323:
      todas as outras mandas e todos os outros testamentos que eu fige atras aqui non vallan
      every other charter and every other testament I've done before is void

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of behind): adiante

Derived terms

References

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish atras (behind) from Vulgar Latin *ad trans, from Latin trāns (beyond).

Adverb

atrás (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אטראס)[1]

  1. behind (back)
    Era imposible de tornar atrás a los tiempos onde se eskrivia ladino kon letras ebreas.It was impossible to go back to when we wrote Ladino with Hebrew letters.
  2. back in time (ago)
    dos anyos atrástwo years ago

References

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese atras (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *ad trans, from Latin trāns (beyond).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: a‧trás
  • Audio (Portugal, Oporto):(file)

Adverb

atrás

  1. behind (at the back)
    Synonyms: trás, detrás
    Antonyms: adiante, à frente
    O supermercado fica atrás da padaria.
    The supermarket is behind the bakery.
  2. after (looking for)
    A polícia está atrás dele.
    The police are after him.
  3. ago (in the past)
    Synonyms: , faz
    dois meses atrástwo months ago

Derived terms

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish atras (behind) from Vulgar Latin *ad trans, from Latin trāns (beyond).

Pronunciation

Adverb

atrás

  1. behind
  2. back in time, ago
    Synonym: hace
    miles de años atrásthousands of years ago

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tagalog: atras

Interjection

atrás

  1. get back, back off, back away

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