abans

Meaning

1. before (earlier than in time)
2. before (in front of)

Concepts

before

afore

ago

ahead

beforehand

earlier

early

formerly

in advance

in the first place

previously

to

before now

above

tofore

Synonyms

davant

abans de

abans que

enllà

més d’hora

Translations

antes

avant

prima

antes de

vor

ante

davor

antes

voor

zuvor

voordien

devant

eerder

قبل

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Pronounced as (IPA)

[əˈβans]

Etymology

Cognate with Occitan: abans

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan abants, from Vulgar Latin *abantius, from Late Latin ab ante (with /-(i)us/ added perhaps by analogy with prius), from ab (“from”) + ante (“before”). Compare Occitan abans.

Sentences

El seu pare va morir abans de néixer ella .

Her father died before she was born.

Va ser el penúltim rei saxó del regne , abans de la conquesta normanda .

He was the penultimate Saxon king of the kingdom, before the Norman conquest.