a la fecha

to the date

to date

a la fecha(

lah

feh

chah

)

A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).

phrase

1. (to the day)

a. to the date

Con anterioridad a la fecha de su coronación, el monarca rara vez asistía a un acto oficial.Prior to the date of his coronation, the monarch rarely attended any official functions.

b. the date

Esos hechos son posteriores a la fecha de su muerte, y por tanto él no pudo estar involucrado en ellos.Those events happened after the date of his death, and therefore he can't have been involved in them.

2. (until today or until then)

a. to date

Es la jugadora de tenis que más finales ha ganado a la fecha este año.She's the tennis player who has won most finals to date this year.

b. so far

Sus abogados no se han puesto en contacto con nosotros a la fecha.His lawyers haven't been in touch with us so far.

c. before

Fue una hazaña sin precedentes. Nadie a la fecha había logrado llegar a la cima de la montaña.It was an unprecedented exploit. No one had reached the summit of the mountain before.

d. hitherto

A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., usted).

(formal)

La identidad del grafitero Banksy, a la fecha desconocida, es uno de los secretos mejor guardados de nuestros tiempos.Graffitti artist Banksy's identity, hitherto unknown, is one of the best kept secrets of our times.

e. heretofore

A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., usted).

(formal)

Cuando se descubrió la trama fraudulenta, nadie a la fecha había sospechado nada semejante.When the fraud scheme was uncovered, no one had heretofore suspected anything like it.

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