antes [án-tis]
sustantivo
1. Antas, pilastra (plural)
sustantivo
antes. 'antes'. This adverb means 'before'. For example, 'quería verla antes de salir' / 'I would like to see her before leaving'. Antes.
antes
adverb
1.
before
(en el tiempo)
; formerly, in the past
(antaño)
- no importa si vienes antes -> it doesn't matter if you come earlier
- ya no nado como antes -> I can't swim as I used to
- mucho/poco antes -> long/shortly before
- lo antes posible -> as soon as possible
- antes de Cristo -> before Christ, BC
- antes de tiempo -> ahead of time
- antes de hacer algo -> before doing something
- antes de que -> before
- antes de que llegaras -> before you arrived
- de antes -> old; (antiguo) previous (anterior)
2.
before
(en el espacio)
- me bajo dos pisos antes -> I get off two floors before (you)
- antes de -> before
3.
first
(primero)
- esta señora está antes -> this lady is first
- entraron antes que yo -> they went in in front of me
4.
(expresa preferencia)
- antes… que -> rather… than
- prefiero la sierra antes que el mar -> I like the mountains better than the sea
- iría a la cárcel antes que mentir -> I'd rather go to prison than lie
- antes que nada -> above all, first and foremost (expresando preferencia)
antes bien, antes al contrario
adverbial phrase
1.
on the contrary
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antes [ahn’-tes]
adverb
1.
Before.
- Tres días antes -> three days before
- Antes que llegues -> before you arrive
2.
Beforehand, in advance (con antelación).
- Su hijo había ido anteriormente a preparar la entrevista -> his son had gone beforehand to prepare the meeting
- La última bocacalle antes de los semáforos -> the last turning before the traffic lights
- Antes que nada -> above all
- Mucho antes -> a long time before
- Lo antes posible -> cuanto antes, as soon as possible
conjunction
3.
On the contrary (más bien).
- No temo la muerte -> antes la deseo, I don’t fear death, on the contrary, I long for it
adjective
4.
Before, previous.
- La semana antes -> the week before, the previous week
antes
adjetivo
before llame el día antes para pedir cita call the day before for an appointment; ocurrió unos momentos antes it happened a few moments earlier o before
el tren ha llegado una hora antes the train has arrived an hour early
adverbio
1 (en el tiempo) (con relación a otro acontecimiento)
yo llegué antes I arrived first
el edificio que habían comenzado dos años antes the building that had been started two years before o previously; no te vayas sin antes consultarle don't go without o before consulting her first; don't go without consulting her beforehand; don't go until you've consulted her
lo vio antes que yo he saw it first o before I did o before me
antes de algo before sth
antes de 1900 before 1900; la cena estará lista para antes de las nueve dinner will be ready by o before nine; una semana antes de la firma del contrato a week before o prior to (formal) signing the contract; antes de anoche the night before last; antes de ayer the day before yesterday; antes de terminado el discurso before the speech was over; antes de una semana no vamos a saber nada we won't know anything for a week
el año 27 antes de Cristo 27 BC; 27 before Christ
antes de hacer algo before doing sth
antes de salir del coche, asegúrese de que están las ventanillas cerradas before you get o before getting out of the car, make sure that the windows are closed
mucho antes de algo long before sth
mucho antes de conocerte a long time before I met you o meeting you; long before I met you o meeting you (formal)
antes de o que nada (en el tiempo) first of all; (indicando preferencia) above all
antes de nada dejad que me presente first of all, allow me to introduce myself
antes que nada, hay que mantener la calma above all, we must keep calm; somos, antes que nada, demócratas we are first and foremost democrats
poco antes de algo just o shortly before sth
antes de que before
(en el pasado) antes de que te vayas before you go; esperamos lograrlo antes de que termine la década we hope to achieve this before the end of the decade
antes fumaba un paquete de tabaco al día before, I smoked a packet of cigarettes a day; I used to smoke a packet of cigarettes a day; antes no pasaban estas cosas these things didn't use to happen before o in the past
de antes
(hasta ahora) before; before now nuestra casa de antes our old house; our previous house; ya no tienen la alegría de antes they don't have the joie de vivre they used to have; ya no soy el mismo de antes I'm not the same person I was o I used to be
fue una boda de las de antes it was an old-style wedding; ya no se hacen películas como las de antes they don't make films like they used to o like they did in the old days
nunca antes he tenido problemas I've never had any problems before
(más temprano) earlier no he podido venir antes I couldn't come any earlier; los viernes salimos un poco antes on Fridays we leave a little earlier; no te he podido llamar antes I couldn't call you sooner o earlier
cuanto antes as soon as possible
cuanto antes mejor the sooner the better
lo antes posible as soon as possible
(más joven) at a younger age; at an earlier age cada vez se casan los hijos antes kids get married at a younger o an earlier age these days
conjunción
(indicando preferencia) sooner; rather preferimos ir en tren antes que en avión we prefer to go by train rather than by plane; no cederemos: antes gastamos todo nuestro dinero we shall never give up: we would rather o sooner spend all our money
antes bienantes al contrario but rather
antes no (Chile) (México) just as well; luckily
vi lo furiosa que estaba, antes no te pegó I saw how angry she was, just as well o luckily she didn't hit you
antes que hacer algo rather than doing sth
antes que irme a la India, preferiría viajar por Europa rather than going to India, I'd prefer to travel around Europe
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