before1

UK: /bɪˈfɔːr/ US: /-ˈfɔːr/

Translation

prep

›

⇨ ante

She appeared before the judge

Compareció ante el juez

⇨ delante de

› (tiempo)

⇨ antes de

She came home before eleven

Llegó a casa antes de las once

› (lugar)

⇨ antes de

The petrol station is one hundred metres just before the bank

La gasolinera está cien metros antes de llegar al banco

(Definition of before prep from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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