antes

/ˈantes/, [ˈãn̪.t̪es]

before, formerly

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Antes de Internet los amigos y amantes tenían que cartearse.

Before the Internet, friends and lovers had to correspond.

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Han utilizado las matemáticas para calcular cómo habría sido la formación del Universo inmediatamente antes y después del Big Bang.

Math has been used to calculate how would the Universe formation had been just before and after the Big Bang.

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Ya lo he hecho antes.

I have done it before.

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Tom, que estaba diez palabras antes, no veía bien esta palabra. Mary, que estaba más cerca, se la describió.

Tom, back ten words, couldn't see very well this one. Mary, who stood closer, described it to him.

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Abrazó sus parientes antes de salir.

He embraced his relatives before he left.

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Asegúrate de apagar todas las luces antes de salir.

Make sure to turn off all the lights before going out.

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Me quedé dormida antes de que mi padre llegara a la casa.

I fell asleep before my father came home.

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Tom no es tan fuerte como antes.

Tom isn't as strong as before.

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¿Puedo hablar con Ryoko un poco más antes de que cuelgues?

Can I talk to Ryoko again before you hang up?

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Tengo mejores cosas que hacer antes que estar acá sentada escuchando tus chismes.

I've got better things to do than to sit here listening to your gossip.

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Hablemos antes de luchar.

Let's talk before fighting.

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Esto nunca se ha probado antes.

This has never been tried before.

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Las noches antes de un día de colegio, Tom se va a la cama a las nueve en punto, pero los viernes y los sábados, se queda levantado hasta mucho más tarde.

On school nights, Tom goes to bed at nine o'clock, but on Fridays and Saturdays, he stays up much later.

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Riega las plantas antes de desayunar.

Water the flowers before you eat breakfast.

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Antes que nada, debo decir esto.

First of all, I must say this.

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Eso fue antes de que John fuera a prisión.

This was before John was put in prison.

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Tom le pidió a Mary que no lo despierte antes de las siete.

Tom asked Mary not to wake him up before seven.

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Deseo verle cuanto antes.

I want to see you as soon as possible.

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La bomba fue desactivada justo minutos antes de que hubiera explotado.

The bomb was defused just minutes before it would have exploded.

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Cuanto antes, mejor.

The sooner, the better.

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