ontem

Meaning

yesterday

Frequency

Hyphenated as

on‧tem

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈõ.tẽj̃/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese oonte (“yesterday”), from *ãoite, from earlier *anoite, from Latin ad noctem (“towards the night”), from nox (“night”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese eire. Cognate with Galician onte and Spanish anoche.

Cognate with Galician

onte

Cognate with Spanish

anoche

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Sentences

Qual foi o

seu sonho
😴💭

de ontem ?

What was your dream yesterday?

Houve um
1

voo
✈️

em ambos os lugares na capital ontem .

There was a flight in both places in the capital yesterday.

Paulo veio ontem .

Paul came yesterday.

Ontem , a

carne
🥩

estava seca e deliciosa .

Yesterday, the meat was dry and delicious.

A

busca para sua morte
💀

foi reaberta ontem a

pedido de sua família
👪

.

The search for his death was reopened yesterday at the request of his family.

Ontem conheci o

prefeito de Ripoll.

Yesterday I met the mayor of Ripoll.

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