| venir |
| 1. v. to come (to move towards the speaker) | |
| ven aquí / ven acá - come here | |
| 2. v. to achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate | |
| 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) | |
