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 before;o
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 previously;o no te vayas sin antes consultarle don't go without before consulting her first;o don't go without consulting her beforehand; don't go until you've consulted her
lo vio antes que yo he saw it first before I did before me;oo
antes de algode before sth
antes de 1900 before 1900; la cena estará lista para antes de las nueve dinner will be ready by before nine;o una semana antes de la firma del contrato a week before prior to signing the contract;o (formal) 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 CristoCristo 27 BC; 27 before Christ
antes de hacer algohacer before doing sth
antes de salir del coche, asegúrese de que están las ventanillas cerradas before you get before getting out of the car, make sure that the windows are closed;o
mucho antes de algomucho long before sth
mucho antes de conocerte a long time before I met you meeting you;o long before I met you meeting you;o (formal)
antes de que nadaonada (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 algopoco just shortly before sth;o
antes de queque 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 in the past;o
de antesde
(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 I used to be;o
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 like they did in the old days;o
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 earlier;o
cuanto antescuanto as soon as possible
cuanto antes mejor the sooner the better
lo antes posibleposible 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 an earlier age these days;o
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 sooner spend all our money;o
antes bienbienantes al contrariocontrario but rather
antes nono (Chile) (México) just as well; luckily
vi lo furiosa que estaba, antes no te pegó I saw how angry she was, just as well luckily she didn't hit you;o
antes que hacer algoque 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
