antaño
See also: antano
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin ante annum.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
antaño
- in the past, in the old days, of yore, yesteryear
- Synonym: antiguamente
- (now rare) last year
- 1760s, Pedro Ángel de Tarazona, Francisco Generas, El Pensador Matritense, volume 4, page 256:
- En una Comedia, que representamos antaño en las Fiestas de Baco, […]
- In a comedy, which we performed last year in the Festivals of Bacchus, […]
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
antaño m (plural antaños)
- the distant past
- Mi abuelo me contó de la vida de antaño.
- My grandfather told me of life in the old days.
- 1999, Arístides Rojas, “Crónica de Caracas”, in El Nacional, page 21:
- Un mismo alimiento nutría a los moradores de la Caracas de antaño, y ricos y pobres solicitaban la misma comida en el mercado general.
- The same food nourished the inhabitants of Caracas in the old days, and rich and poor people asked for the same food in the common market.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: antanho
Further reading edit
- “antaño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014