Word of the Day: "Previously"

Question

Previously:

antes, anteriormente, previamente

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Usa la palabra en una frase en inglés y también incluye la traducción en español. Intenta usar la palabra en una manera nueva y vota por las frases que te gustan más. La frase con más votos será coronada el ganador del juego de la palabra del día.

Las directrices:

• Escribe frases que tienen al menos 5 palabras.
• No escribas párrafos con 4 frases o más.
• Haz las correcciones sugeridas por los usuarios y mods.
• ¡Usa tus propias palabras! (No uses el traductor, ni un libro, ni letras de una canción.)
• ¡Disfrútate en el juego del inglés!

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Mi ejemplo:

After years of study, scientists discovered a previously unknown gene.

Después de años del estudio, los científicos descubrieron un gen previamente desconocido.

Answer 1

Prefería el sitio de web tal como era antes, antes de todos los cambios.

I preferred the previous web site, before all the changes.

Corregid mi español ,por favor. Should I use red instead of web? - pintor, Feb 18, 2012

Hola pintar. I would use "el sitio de web" per the SD dictionary and not "el red -- network" because even though the old website was on the network, or the internet, you specifically are referring to the old version (website) of Spanishdict.com. - bandit51jd, Feb 18, 2012

I will wait to see how others view this. - bandit51jd, Feb 18, 2012

Gracias Bandit. - pintor, Feb 18, 2012

Hola Pintor. Estoy de acuerdo con Bandit. Mejor usa "web": "Prefería el sitio web anterior ( o "prefería la web tal como era antes), antes de todos los cambios" ;) - Cordobesa, Feb 19, 2012

Gracias Cordobesa - pintor, Feb 19, 2012

Yo tambien. - mathslover, Feb 19, 2012

Answer 2

Barack Obama was previously a Senator of the United States before becoming President.

Barack Obama anteriormente fue un senador de los Estados Unidos antes de convertirse en Presidente.

Nice! Add "los" in front of "Estados Unidos" and you should be perfect! - Paralee, Feb 19, 2012

Thanks Paralee. I appreciate your help. - rac1, Feb 19, 2012

I've just wondering if ¨hacerse¨won´t be more appropriate in this case, instead of ¨convertirse¨ - Silvia_Tcherneva, Feb 27, 2012

Answer 3

A George W. Bush era fue anteriormente un presidente de los Estados Unidos.

George W. Bush was previously a president of the United States.

Good sentence, Bandit. You don't need the "A" in front of George though. And "fue" would be better than "era" since the dates he was president are pretty specific. - Paralee, Feb 19, 2012

Muchas gracias, Paralee! - bandit51jd, Feb 19, 2012

Answer 4

Previously people lived without stress but they were dying from diseases that are curable today, modern life is not 100% better but I think that is a little bit better than the past.

Anteriormente la gente vivía con menos estrés pero también moría de enfermedades que son curables en nuestros días, la vida moderna no es 100% mejor pero creo que si es un poco mejor que en el pasado.

'...I think that it's a little bit better...' ;) apart from that it's 'a little bit' faster :D - racoonka, Feb 19, 2012

Nicely done. In addition to the above - "...stress, but they were dying 'from diseases' that are curable today. Modern... - katydew, Feb 19, 2012

Thanks for the corrections racoonka and katydew. - xtiagox, Feb 19, 2012

Answer 5

Previamente en el 'Nunca me dejes': Ana está enamorada con Diego, mientras que Diego duerme con su mama, pero la mama solamente lo hace para acercarse al hermano de Diego...

Previously in 'Never Leave Me': Ana is in love with Diego, while Diego sleeps with her mother, but the mother only does it to get closer to Diego's brother...

PS: made up

complicated relationship - mathslover, Feb 19, 2012

Take away the "el" before the title in Spanish. And change "her" to "his" in English. - Paralee, Feb 19, 2012

Thank u Paralee!.. 'previamente en 'Nunca me dejes'... y in English I meant D sleeps with Ana's mother, does it sound odd (grammatically)? - racoonka, Feb 19, 2012

To mathslover- it always is in those dramas.. :D - racoonka, Feb 19, 2012

Answer 6

Previously, I existed as a rock on the moon.

Anteriormente, existía como una roca en la luna.

Hola roca! Como viniste aqui al mundo? - jennysk, Feb 18, 2012

Mi amigo, Neil Armstrong, a me dio aventón. - Leatha, Feb 19, 2012

Answer 7

Previamente trabajaba como una profesora.

Previously I worked as a teacher.

Me too! And you don't need "una" in front of "profesora" here. - Paralee, Feb 19, 2012

Thanks for the help, Paralee. - katydew, Feb 19, 2012

Answer 8

En esta vida soy un hombre, pero creo que anteriormente era un conejito. In this life I´m a man, but I believe that previously I was a bunny.

¡Qué mono! - Paralee, Feb 19, 2012

What a cute bunny! - bandit51jd, Feb 19, 2012

Answer 9

Ahora estoy jubilada pero anteriormente era maestra de matemáticas.

Now I am retired but previously I was a maths teacher.

So you must be English? "maths" is a give-away.... ;o) - katydew, Feb 19, 2012

"estoy jubilada...era maestra" - ah, the joys of ser vs. estar. Also, is "maths" correct in UK English? - Paralee, Feb 19, 2012

I used 'ser' forms because I recently learned in my class that 'ser' is used for occupations, 'soy dentista' etc. Now I am confused again. - jennysk, Feb 19, 2012

Katydew, I am not English, but Australian, and we use a more British English, though younger people are more US influenced. The subject is mathematics, shortened to maths. - jennysk, Feb 19, 2012

Paralee, I think I get it now - era is a form of ser , for the occupation, but imperfect of course because 'I used to be'. And estoy because being 'jubilada' is not a job? - jennysk, Feb 20, 2012