English-Spanish translations for before

• antes
  - Antes de la votación sobre el considerando D - Before the vote on recital D
  Antes de la votación de la enmienda 2: Before the vote on Amendment 2:
  - Antes de la votación de la Enmienda 88: Before the vote on Amendment 88:
• antes de
  - Antes de la votación sobre el considerando B - Before the vote on recital B
  - Antes de votar el Considerando D: - Before the vote on recital D:
  - Antes de la votación sobre el apartado 2: - Before the vote on paragraph 2
• ante
  - Antes de la votación sobre el considerando D - Before the vote on recital D
  Antes de la votación de la enmienda 2: Before the vote on Amendment 2:
  - Antes de la votación de la Enmienda 88: Before the vote on Amendment 88:
• antes que
• enfrente de
  En Bucarest, delante de la Cámara del Senado, enfrente del Palacio Real, hay un memorial con las siguientes palabras «Glorie martirilor nostri» con fecha de diciembre de 1989. In Bucharest, before the Senate House, opposite the Royal Palace, there is a memorial inscribed with the words ‘Glorie martirilor nostri’ dated December 1989.
• frente a
• antaño
• anteriormente
  Ya hemos tenido este debate anteriormente. We have had this discussion before.
  También quiero adherirme a lo dicho anteriormente. I would also like to endorse what was said before.
  Ya he hablado anteriormente a sus Señorías sobre algunos de estos retos. I have spoken to you before of some of these challenges.
• hasta que
  Nos queda un largo camino hasta que nosotros mismos alcancemos la perfección. We have a long way to go before we are perfect ourselves.
  Actualmente, puede pasar mucho tiempo hasta que se reembolsen los gastos. At present, it can take a long time before expenses are reimbursed.

Definition of before

• Earlier than (in time
• In front of in space
• In the presence of
• Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone
• In store for, in the future of (someone
• In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items
• At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking
• At an earlier time
• In advance
• In advance of the time when
• Rather or sooner than

Synonyms

• no later than
• previous to
• prior to
• in front of
• ahead of

Examples

• I want this done before Monday
• He stood before me
• We sat before the fire to warm ourselves
• He performed before the troops in North Africa.
• He spoke before a joint session of Congress.
• The case laid before the panel aroused nothing but ridicule
• In alphabetical order, "cat" comes before "dog", "canine" before feline
• An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, an amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations
• Ive never done this before
• Ill die before Ill tell you anything about it

Related words

• beforehand
• hereinbefore
• before noon
• before present
• before long
• before you know it
• before dark
• before someone's time
• before you can say knife