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ontem

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese onte, oonte (“yesterday”), from *ãoite, from earlier *anoite, from Latin ad noctem (“towards the night”), from nox (“night”).[1] Displaced Old Portuguese eire.

Cognate with Galician onte and Spanish anoche.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: on‧tem
  • Audio (Brazil)(file)

Adverb edit

ontem (not comparable)

  1. yesterday

Descendants edit

  • Kabuverdianu: ónti
  • Macanese: onte

References edit

  1. ^ Edwin B. Williams, From Latin to Portuguese (1938), page 85 (§ 92, 7, A).
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