antaño
See also: antano
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin ante annum.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editantaño
- 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
editNoun
editantaño 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
editDescendants
edit- → Portuguese: antanho
Further reading
edit- “antaño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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