anticiparse |
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apresurarse |
1. to hurry | |
acelerarse |
1. to race | |
llegar |
1. v. to arrive, get (to) | |
Cuando llegues a casa, mándame un mensaje. - When you get home, send me a message. | |
2. v. to get up to, to go up to (+ a or + hasta) | |
3. v. to be sufficient | |
4. v. to manage (be successful) | |
no llegué a conseguir el trabajo - I didn't manage to get the job. | |
5. v. to reach | |
antes |
1. adv. earlier, before, sooner, previously, formerly, beforehand (at an earlier time) | |
poco antes - shortly before | |
Nos conocimos antes, ¿te acuerdas? - We met before, remember? | |
La embajadora llegó antes de lo esperado. - The ambassador arrived sooner than expected | |
2. adv. soon (in certain phrases) | |
Quería que lo supieras cuanto antes. - I wanted to let you know as soon as possible. | |
Ven a mi casa lo antes posible. - Come over to my place as soon as possible. | |
3. adv. ahead (temporally), ahead of (qual, when followed by de) | |
Bueno, si solo hubieras llamado antes como te dije, ni siquiera estaríamos en esta situación. - Well, if you had just called ahead like I told you to, we wouldn't even be in this situation. | |
4. adv. once, formerly (in the past) | |
Antes todos tenían buscapersonas. - Everyone used to have pagers. | |
5. adv. first (before a condition is fulfilled) | |
6. adv. rather, sooner (used to specify a preference) | |
Antes morir que perder. - I'd rather die than lose. | |
7. prep. before (earlier than) (qual, triggers the subjunctive in subordinate clauses) | |
antes de 1910 - before 1910 | |
antes de que pudiera responder - before I could reply | |
Antes de ver el documental, no sabíamos nada del tema. - Before watching the documentary, we didn't know anything about the issue. | |
8. n. plural of ante | |
ante |
1. prep. in front of, before | |
Tengo que comparecer ante el juez. - I have to appear before the judge. | |
2. prep. against, compared to | |
3. n-m. elk | |
4. n-m. suede | |
5. n-m. (Mexico) tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip) | |