Using the prefix "post" in spanish

Question

Hello,

I keep on getting confused about how to express the prefix "post" in Spanish. The one I'm currently stuck on is "post-1900s", would this be "después de mil novecientos" or "más allá de mil novecientos"? Could anyone concisely explain the different ways to express "post" in Spanish?

Thanks,

Jenny

Answer 1

How about 'después del siglo 1900' or just 'después del 1900', or even después del siglo XIX

Answer 2

Great minds Margaret, I just came across this too: Pos

Seems like 'pos' is used in quite a lot of words where we would use post but not all - might need a bit more research

languages, constantly evolving right... - margaretbl, Jul 17, 2010

Answer 3

Thank you for your responses.

To add to these, I have a couple more "post-apocalyptic" and "post-Freud"? As a general rule, is it ok to us "después de" to talk about both dates and events? I never even thought about using tras, so thanks for that too.

Jenny

You know that 'pos-graduado' is used for post grad so I can imagine people would understand pos-apocalíptico but ? - margaretbl, Jul 17, 2010

Answer 4

Not sure but to add to Marie-Claire, maybe 'tras el año 1900' or 'tras los años del siglo ..'