English-Spanish translations for former

• antiguo
  Los antiguos aliados son ahora adversarios y los antiguos adversarios son aliados. Former allies are now adversaries and former adversaries are now allies.
  Dos antiguos primeros ministros están en la cárcel. Two former prime ministers are in jail.
  Proceso a los antiguos "Jemeres rojos" en Camboya Trial of former Khmers Rouges in Cambodia
• anterior
  Esto me recuerda un poco el pasado, mis anteriores actividades. That takes me back a little to my former activities.
  El Ministerio anterior, socialista, se los negó reiteradamente. The former socialist minister repeatedly refused that request.
  En mi anterior cartera, tuve la suerte de revisar las normas de ayuda estatal. In my former portfolio, I had the privilege to review State aid rules.
• aquella
  En este sentido, la Comisión toma nota de los procedimientos legales instituidos contra ex funcionarios militares y políticos por su presunto papel en aquella época. In that respect, the Commission takes note of the legal proceedings instituted against former military and political officials for their alleged role at that time.
• aquello
  Aquellos que estén a favor votarán «sí», los que deseen abandonar a sus antiguos colegas votarán «no». Those who are in favour will vote 'yes'; those who wish to abandon their former colleagues will vote 'no'.
  ¿Aquellos que disfrutan de los encantos de alguna chica bonita, débil y pobre del antiguo bloque del este mientras se beben una cerveza por la noche? Those who, with a beer in the evening, enjoy the charms of some beautiful, poor, weak girl from the former eastern bloc?
  Se trataba del antiguo campo de concentración de romaníes, Lety, en la actual República Checa, en aquellos tiempos bajo ocupación nazi. That was the former Romany concentration camp, Lety, in the present Czech Republic, at those times under Nazi occupation.
• primera
  Me limitaré a la primera de ellas. I will keep myself to the former.
  Personalmente, prefiero la primera hipótesis. Personally, I favour the former scenario.
  Les pido que voten a favor de la primera. I would ask you to vote in favour of the former.
• primero
  Espero que escojamos lo primero. I hope that we will choose the former.
  Dos antiguos primeros ministros están en la cárcel. Two former prime ministers are in jail.
  Estoy de acuerdo con lo primero, no con lo segundo. I agree with the former, but not the latter.

Definition of former

• Previous
• First of aforementioned two items. Used with , often without a noun
• Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder
• An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die
• Someone in, or of, a certain form (class

Examples

• A former president; the former East Germany
• The former is a good idea but the latter is not
• I drive two vehicles, a Chevy Camaro and an AMC Gremlin. I won the former on a game show
• Dave was the former of the company.
• The brick arch was built using a wooden former.
• Fifth-former.
• Sixth-former.

Related words

• informer
• transformer
• formerly
• reformer
• performer
• conformer
• autotransformer
• disinformer
• formeret