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next1

/nekst/

Translation

adj
próximo,ma
next week
la próxima semana
que viene
next Friday
el viernes que viene
siguiente
Turn right at the next crossroads
Gire a la derecha en el siguiente cruce
Cuando forma parte de complementos temporales, no se usa el artículo. Se dice I'd like to go to Italy next year. Incorrecto: I'd like to go to Italy the next year
next to nothing
casi nada
I bought it for next to nothing
Lo compré por casi nada
the next best thing
lo mejor [después de otra opción]
the next thing I knew
cuando me di cuenta
The next thing I knew, we were lost
Cuando me di cuenta, estábamos perdidos
(Definition of next adj from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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