delante
before, in front, in front of
Adverb delante
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in front of, before (spatially)
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forward, forwards (with hacia preceding it)
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ahead (with por preceding it)
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Tenía la solución delante de las narices.
The answer was staring me in the face.
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Hay una oficina de correos delante de la estación.
There is a post office in front of the station.
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Tom criticó a Mary delante de todo el mundo.
Tom criticized Mary in front of everyone.
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La onda expansiva vino y se llevó por delante todo y a todos.
The shock wave came and obliterated everything and everyone.
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Hay un jardín delante de nuestra casa.
There's a garden in front of our house.
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El autobús para delante de mi casa.
The bus stops in front of my house.
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Algunos dicen que la sociedad debería corregirse primero, pero eso es poner la carreta delante del caballo.
Some say society should be corrected first, but that is to put the cart before the horse.
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Quizás el único adjetivo de la lengua inglesa que puede ir delante del sustantivo que modifica es "desconocido".
Perhaps the only adjective in the English language that can follow the noun it modifies is "unknown".
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Él sentía demasiada vergüenza para poder pronunciar una sola palabra delante de la multitud.
He was too embarrassed to utter a word in front of the crowd.
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Él hizo trampas en el examen copiando de la chica que tenía delante.
He cheated on the test by copying from the girl in front.
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