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
• Hyphenation: 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

From Old Galician-Portuguese antes, from ante + 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

Adverb

antes (Latin spelling)

1. before

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

Papiamentu

Etymology

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese antes, from ante + 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]

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• Rhymes: -antes
• Syllabification: an‧tes

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish antes, from ante + 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