already

Significado (Inglés)

1. (not-comparable) Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
2. (not-comparable) So soon.
3. (Canada, US, not-comparable) An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.
4. (Singapore, Singlish, not-comparable) Indicates action completion (perfective aspect).
5. (Singapore, Singlish, not-comparable) Marks a change in state (inchoative aspect).

Conceptos

ya

de aqui en adelante

delante

precedentemente

previamente

ahora

ya será

ya habrá

antemano

con anterioridad

antecedentemente

ya es

anteriormente

Sinónimos

yet

by now

previously

now

just

long ago

before

perfective

by this time

lately

from now on

completed

still

beforehand

by then

as of now

long before

previous

there

by that time

as it is

finally

long time ago

earlier

as early as

often

has

also

not yet

at once

no longer

finished

ready

a while ago

before now

while ago

all up

as far back as

completive aspect

perfect aspect

toforehand

ago

as long ago as

ahead of time

antecedently

anymore

approve

as far as

at last

at long last

because

before then

cease

day

era

even

even now

everything

first

1st

firstly

formerly

frequently

hence

indeed

in the past

might

nevertheless

okay

or

perfective aspect

presently

prior

suddenly

these

too late

Traducciones

déjà

schon

bereits

reeds

al

alreeds

alvast

zaten

vorher

nunmehr

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɔːlˈɹɛdi/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: alredy

Cognado con frisón occidental: alreeds

Cognado con neerlandés: alreeds

Cognado con afrikáans: alreeds

Cognado con Middle Low German: alreide

Cognado con danés: allerede

Cognado con sueco: allaredan

Cognado con noruego nynorsk: allereie

In summary

From Middle English alredy (“fully; already”), equivalent to al- (“all, completely”) + ready. Cognate with West Frisian alreeds (“already”), Dutch alreeds (“already”), Afrikaans alreeds (“already”), Middle Low German alreide, alreids ("already"; whence modern German Low German alreeds (“already”)), Danish allerede (“already”), Swedish allaredan (“already”), Norwegian Nynorsk allereie (“already”). More at all, ready.
The use as an intensifier in American English is a semantic loan from German schon and Yiddish שוין (shoyn).
In Singapore English, the use of already as a marker of action completion and change of state is analogous to Hokkien 了 (liáu), Teochew 了 (liao²) and Mandarin 了 (le). Compare Malay (su)dah and Cantonese 咗 (zo²), 喇 (laa³).

Oraciones

Who has already arrived ?

¿Quién ya ha llegado?

The old man knew how to read , and had already read the book .

El viejo sabía leer y ya había leído el libro.

At least one more season has already been planned .

Ya se ha planeado al menos una temporada más.

He fell asleep , and when he awoke the sun was already high .

Se quedó dormido, y cuando despertó el sol ya estaba alto.

The species was originally considered already extinct at the time of its discovery .

La especie se consideraba originalmente ya extinta en el momento de su descubrimiento.

In retrospect , everything was already decided when we heard the siren .

En retrospectiva, todo ya se decidió cuando escuchamos la sirena.