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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese perante (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): from Latin per + ante.
Pronunciation
Preposition
perante
- (literary) before, in front of
- Synonym: ante
Related terms
References
- “perante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “perante” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “perante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “perante” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese perante, from Latin per + ante.
Pronunciation
Preposition
perante
- beside
- before, in front of
- Synonyms: ante, diante de
- (figuratively) facing; confronting
- Synonyms: diante de, em face de, em presença de
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