atrás

Meaning

1. behind, in back of
2. rearward, backwards, towards the back
3. back in time; back then; ago

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈtɾas/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese atras (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *ad trans, from Latin trans (“beyond”).

Sentences

Pero sei que anos atrás había ese tipo de personaxes, eses costumes dos xornalistas .

But I know that years ago there were those kinds of characters, those customs of journalists.

Collino, entrei no cuarto e pechei a porta con chave atrás de min .

I went into the room and locked the door behind me.