antes

See also: Antes and -antes

English

Noun

antes

1. plural of ante

Verb

antes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ante

Anagrams

• Teans, Tenas, etnas, nates, neats, netas, senat, stane, stean

Asturian

Alternative forms

• antia (Parres, Sobrescobiu), anties (Casu), antias (Palacios del Sil, Eo-Navia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈantes/ [ˈãn̪.t̪es]
• Rhymes: -antes
• Syllabification: an‧tes

Adverb

antes

1. before, beforehand (in a remote time, while enantes is a recent past)

   Antonym: dempués

Related terms

• enantes

French

Noun

antes f

1. plural of ante

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese antes, from ante with the adverbial -s, the former from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈantes/ [ˈan̪.t̪es̺]
• Rhymes: -antes
• Hyphenation: an‧tes

Adverb

antes

1. before, prior to

   Antonym: despois

Related terms

• ante

Noun

antes

1. plural of ante

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish antes, from ante with the adverbial -s, the former from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Paris):

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Adverb

antes (Hebrew spelling אנטיס)

1. earlier; before; sooner; previously; formerly; beforehand (at an earlier time) [ca. 1510]
   • 1982, Annual‎^[1], volumes 17–18, page 128:

     Avras de saver ke ize la conosensia con el vekil de la caza ke apartenia a Rafael Aftalion, un rikinyon de Vidin, ke murio antes tres anyos.

     You shall have to know that the knowledge helped with the representative of the house belonging to Rafael Aftalion, a gentleman from Vidin, who died three years earlier.

   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[2], page 434:

     "A!" le dishi, "Oy no es un día mazalozo… Poko antes me se rompió el mango de la chanta…"

     ‘Gah!’ somebody said to another, ‘Today is not a lucky day… A little earlier my suitcase handle broke.’

Derived terms

• antes de

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Pokorny suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, front side”), like the cognate Latin ante (“before; in front”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈan.teːs/, [ˈän̪t̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.tes/, [ˈän̪t̪es]

Noun

antēs m pl (genitive antium); third declension

1. rows of vines, of plants or of soldiers

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

	plural
nominative	antēs
genitive	antium
dative	antibus
accusative	antēs antīs
ablative	antibus
vocative	antēs

References

• “antes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• antes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

• tensa

Old Galician-Portuguese

Adverb

antes

1. Alternative form of ante
   • 1450, Gomes Eanes de Zurara, “Como o Autor falla nas grandes diuisoẽs que atuia antre os mouros da cidade, e das cousas q̃ acontecerom no outro anno passado” (chapter Lviij), in Cronica de tomada da Cidade de Cepta por Elrey dom Joaõ o primº, pages 123v–124r:

     […] mas aquelle / Almocadem nunqua falou palaura, antes meteo as maos de sob sua aljuba, que trazia, e a contenenca m̃ triste, e os olhos, baixos contra a aterra sospirando muito amiude se leixou estar acerqua de duas horas, sem nunca dar nehuã reposta a cousa que lhe preguntassem.

     But that Almocadem never said a word; earlier he put his hands beneath his jubbah, which he was bringing, and he has a very sad appearance: the eyes [looking] down on the earth; sighing very often; around two hours he ceased standing, without ever giving any response to whatever they asked him.

Descendants

• Galician: antes
• Portuguese: antes

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “antes”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Spanish

Adverb

antes

1. Alternative form of ante
   • c. 1275, Alfonso X, General Estoria Primera parte, (ed. by Pedro Sánchez Prieto-Borja, 2002, Alcalá de Henares: Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):

     E en aquel departimiento que fue fecho de los lenguages, assí como fue la gente sacada del lenguaje que antes avié, assí estidieron todos como en punto o en somo de seer sacados todos de los sentidos que antes avién, e assí como de nuevo les vinieron los sesos e los sentidos que después ovieron, […]

     (On the Tower of Babel) Then, in that split of languages, in the same way the people were robbed of the one language they had, so were all almost robbed of all their senses, and once their mind and senses came again to them, […]

Descendants

• Ladino: antes, אנטיס
• Spanish: antes

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “antes”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 39

Papiamentu

Etymology

Derived from Spanish antes and Portuguese antes and Kabuverdianu antis.

Adverb

antes

1. earlier
2. before (at an earlier time)
3. formerly

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.t͡ʃis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.t͡ʃis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.t͡ʃiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.tes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.tɨʃ/

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.tis/, /ɐ̃t͡s/
• Hyphenation: an‧tes

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese antes, from ante with the adverbial -s, the former from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti.

Alternative forms

• ante (obsolete)

Adverb

antes (not comparable)

1. before (at an earlier time)

   Antonym: depois

2. in the past; previously

   Synonyms: anteriormente, antigamente

   Antonym: futuramente

3. preferably, better, rather

   Synonyms: melhor, preferivelmente

   Antes só do que mal acompanhado.

   Better alone than in bad company.

Derived terms

• antes que
• antes tarde do que nunca
• o quanto antes
• quanto antes

Related terms

• ante-

Etymology 2

Noun

antes m pl (plural only)

1. (historical) Antes (Slavic tribe from the lower Danube in the early Middle Ages)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈantes/ [ˈãn̪.t̪es]

• Audio (Peru):

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• Audio (Chile):

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• Rhymes: -antes
• Syllabification: an‧tes

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish antes, from ante with the adverbial -s, the former from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti.

Adverb

antes

1. earlier; before; sooner; previously; formerly; beforehand (at an earlier time)

   Synonyms: anteriormente, previamente, a priori

   Antonyms: después, luego, posteriormente, a posteriori

   poco antes ― shortly before

   Nos conocimos antes, ¿te acuerdas?

   We met before, remember?

   La embajadora llegó antes de lo esperado.

   The ambassador arrived sooner than expected

2. soon (in certain phrases)

   Quería que lo supieras cuanto antes.

   I wanted to let you know as soon as possible.

   Ven a mi casa lo antes posible.

   Come over to my place as soon as possible.

3. ahead (temporally), ahead of (when followed by de)

   Bueno, si solo hubieras llamado antes como te dije, ni siquiera estaríamos en esta situación.

   Well, if you had just called ahead like I told you to, we wouldn't even be in this situation.

4. once, formerly (in the past)

   Synonyms: antiguamente, antaño

   Antes todos tenían buscapersonas.

   Everyone used to have pagers.

5. first (before a condition is fulfilled)
6. rather, sooner (used to specify a preference)

   Antes morir que perder.

   I'd rather die than lose.

Preposition

antes de

1. before (earlier than) (triggers the subjunctive in subordinate clauses)

   Antonym: después

   antes de 1910 ― before 1910

   antes de que pudiera responder ― before I could reply

   Antes de ver el documental, no sabíamos nada del tema.

   Before watching the documentary, we didn't know anything about the issue.

Derived terms

• antes bien
• antes de anoche
• antes de ayer
• antes de Cristo (“before Christ”)
• antes de darte cuenta, antes que te des cuenta (“before you know it”)
• antes de nada
• antes de tiempo
• antes de tiempo (“ahead of time”)
• antes del anochecer (“before nightfall”)
• antes del día
• antes hoy que mañana
• antes mártir que confesor
• antes no
• antes o después (“sooner or later; before or after”)
• antes que nada
• antes quebrar que doblar
• antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo
• antes y con antes
• antes y después
• cuanto antes
• de antes
• desde antes (“since before”)
• justo antes de (“just before, right before, just prior, immediately before, immediately prior, just ahead of”)
• lo antes posible

Related terms

• anciano
• ante

Descendants

• → Zoogocho Zapotec: antzle

Etymology 2

Noun

antes m pl

1. plural of ante

Further reading

• “antes”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• satén