Italian-English translations for antenato

• ancestor
  As an illustrious ancestor used to say: ‘the proof of the pudding is in the eating’. Come diceva un illustre antenato: “Il si giudica quando lo si mangia”.
  We are all immigrants, if not ourselves personally, then through one of our relations or ancestors. Tutti siamo immigrati e, se non in prima persona, lo siamo in virtù di qualche familiare o antenato.
  This fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse
• antecedent
  an event antecedent to the Biblical Flood
  an antecedent cause
  an antecedent improbability
• forebear
• forefather

Related words

• antenati
• antenatale
• antenata