before in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for before in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.before [Am bəˈfɔr, Brit bɪˈfɔː] PREP

1. before (preceding in time):

before

antes de

I won't be back before three/midday

no estaré de vuelta antes de las tres/de(l) mediodía

before dinner/the game

antes de la cena/del partido

before long

dentro de poco

they arrived before us

llegaron antes que nosotros

excuse me, I was before you

lo siento, yo estaba antes (que usted)

excuse me, I was before you

lo siento, yo estaba delante de usted

excuse me, I was before you

lo siento, yo estaba delante suyo controvers

before going in

antes de entrar

ten minutes before the end of the game

diez minutos antes de que terminara el partido

the day before her departure

el día anterior a su partida

in the days before electricity

cuando no había electricidad

turn right just before the bridge

tuerce or dobla a la derecha justo antes del puente

2.1. before (in front of):

before

delante de

before

ante form

before the assembled guests

delante de los invitados

he is due to appear before the court next week

debe comparecer ante los tribunales la semana próxima form

the matter comes before the committee today

el tema va a ser tratado hoy por la comisión

I swear before God that …

juro ante Dios que … form

they swept all before them

arrasaron con todo lo que encontraron a su paso

the difficulties that still lay before him

las dificultades que aún tenía por delante

2.2. before (in rank, priority):

she puts her work before her family

antepone el trabajo a su familia

safety comes before anything else

la seguridad (está) ante todo

II.before [Am bəˈfɔr, Brit bɪˈfɔː] CONJ

1. before (earlier than):

before

antes de que +subj

before

antes de +inf

before it gets dark

antes de que anochezca or de que se haga de noche

before ironing it

antes de plancharlo

he died before he was 30

murió antes de cumplir los 30 años

2. before (rather than):

before

antes que

she would die before …

prefería morir antes que …

III.before [Am bəˈfɔr, Brit bɪˈfɔː] ADV

1. before (preceding):

before

antes

long before

mucho antes

the day/year before

el día/año anterior

before and after

antes y después

have you been to Canada before?

¿ya has estado en el Canadá?

this has never happened before

esto no había sucedido nunca antes

this has never happened before

es la primera vez que sucede esto

not that page, the one before

esa página no, la anterior

2. before (ahead, in front):

before arch

adelante

come before VB [Am kəm -, Brit kʌm -] (v + prep + o)

come before judge/court:

come before

comparecer ante form

the bill comes before Congress next week

el proyecto se presentará al Congreso la semana próxima

I.go before VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + prep + o) (appear before)

go before court/committee

presentarse ante

II.go before VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + adv, v + prep + o)

go before (happen, live previously) liter:

everything that had gone before

todo lo que había sucedido antes

those who have gone before us

aquellos que nos precedieron liter

before-tax [Am bəˌfɔrˈtæks, Brit bɪˌfɔːˈtaks] ADJ

before-tax income/profit:

before-tax

antes de impuestos

profits before-tax

beneficios antes de impuestos

bring before VB [Am brɪŋ -, Brit brɪŋ -] (v + o + prep + o)

bring before

hacer comparecer ante

he was brought before the court

se lo hizo comparecer ante el tribunal

best-before date [bɛstbɪˈfɔː deɪt] N

best-before date

fecha f de consumo preferente

Translations for before in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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fecha de consumo preferente

best-before date

aC

before Christ

anteanoche

the night before last

anteayer

the day before yesterday

before in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for before in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.before [bɪˈfɔ:ʳ, Am -ˈfɔ:r] PREP

1. before (earlier):

before

antes de

to leave before sb

salir antes que alguien

before doing sth

antes de hacer algo

to wash one's hands before lunch

lavarse las manos antes de la comida

2. before (in front of):

before

delante de

before my house

delante de mi casa

to bow before sb

inclinarse ante alguien

before our eyes

ante nuestros ojos

3. before (preceding):

C comes before D

la C va delante de la D

just before the bus stop

justo antes de la parada del autobús

4. before (having priority):

before

antes que

before everything

antes que nada

to put sth before sth else

anteponer algo a algo

5. before (as future task):

to have sth before one

tener algo ante sí

II.before [bɪˈfɔ:ʳ, Am -ˈfɔ:r] ADV

1. before (previously):

before

antes

I've seen it before

lo he visto anteriormente

the day before

el día anterior

two days before

dos días antes

as before

como antes

2. before (in front):

this word and the one before

esta palabra y la anterior

III.before [bɪˈfɔ:ʳ, Am -ˈfɔ:r] CONJ

before

antes de que +subj

he spoke before she went out

habló antes de que ella se fuera

he had a glass before he went

se tomó una copa antes de irse

it was a week before he came

pasó una semana antes de que llegara

he'd die before he'd tell the truth

preferiría morir a decir la verdad

lay before VB trans

to lay sth before sb

poner algo frente a alguien

to lay one's case before sb

presentar su caso ante alguien

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to haul sb up before sb

hacer que alguien dé explicaciones a alguien

to quail before sb/sth

acobardarse ante alguien/algo

Translations for before in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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anteriormente

before

anteanoche

the night before last

con anterioridad a

before

anteayer

the day before yesterday

endenantes

a bit before

antier

the day before yesterday

before Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

yeah, yeah, we've heard that one before

¡sí, sí, eso ya lo hemos oído otras veces!

to appear in court/before a magistrate

comparecer ante un tribunal/ante un juez

to cast one's pearls before the swine prov

echarles margaritas a los cerdos prov

he had a glass before he went

se tomó una copa antes de irse

it was a week before he came

pasó una semana antes de que llegara

he'd die before he'd tell the truth

preferiría morir a decir la verdad

to put a proposal before a committee

presentar una propuesta ante un comité

don't count your chickens before they're hatched

eso es como el cuento de la lechera

to put the cart before the horse

empezar la casa por el tejado fig

let's go before we get found out

vámonos antes de que se descubra el pastel

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The polariscope combines the different polarization states of light waves before and after passing the specimen.

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Remember before the last election, remember those airbrushed posters?

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He later worked as a window cleaner for 12 months before selling the round for a profit.

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The trouble recently is that very few acknowledge the gesture and sometimes men barge through before women.

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However, most Scottish serfs had been freed before this time.

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Young people should use every political means at their disposal to change this law back to the fair and non-discriminatory way it was before.

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One night shortly before the battle, a powerful dust storm destroyed many of the dummy vehicles.

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The azygos vein joins it just before it enters the right atrium, at the upper right front portion of the heart.

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The recall affects the medium jar of the paste, batch number 5014 with best before date 01/2017 and batch numbers 5111 and 5112 with best before date 04/2017.

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It's corn-fed and aged for 21 days before being roasted in rock salt and transferred to domed stainless steel carts and carved.

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