anterior

/anteˈɾjoɾ/, [ãn̪.t̪eˈɾjoɾ]

previous


Examples
  • Por la mañana intento apuntar todos los sueños que recuerdo de la noche anterior.

    In the morning I try to write down all the dreams I remember from the night before.

  • En el tercer trimestre el crecimiento del GNP fue un uno por ciento mayor que en trimestre anterior.

    The third quarter GNP growth was 1% over the preceding quarter.

  • Ojalá hubiera ido al teatro la noche anterior.

    I wish I had gone to the theater last night.

  • Había perdido una cámara el día anterior.

    I had lost a camera in the previous day.

  • Completa el siguiente formulario para saber quién pudiste haber sido en tu anterior vida.

    Complete the following form to know who you could have been in a previous life.

  • -¿Usted querría comprar un traje? -la dependienta le preguntó a Dima, que trajo al entrar por la puerta el olor de la noche anterior.

    "Would you like to buy a suit?" the shopkeeper asked Dima, who brought the smells of the previous night with him as he walked through the door.

  • ¿Te echaron de tu anterior trabajo?

    Did you get fired from your last job?

  • Este artículo de periódico es más interesante que el anterior.

    This newspaper article is more interesting than the previous one.

  • Lo que se demuestra en el experimento anterior es que el hemisferio derecho del cerebro no es utilizado en absoluto.

    What is shown in the above experiment is that the right hemisphere of the brain is not used at all.

  • Espero que pueda tener de vuelta mi trabajo anterior.

    I hope I can get my old job back.

  • Me gustaría retractar mi declaración anterior.

    I would like to retract my previous statement.

  • Sally perdió las lentes de contacto que acababa de comprar el día anterior.

    Sally lost the contact lenses she had bought the day before.

  • El test dice que fui rey en mi vida anterior.

    The test says I was a king in my previous life.

  • Ella dijo que lo había conocido el día anterior.

    She said she had met him on the previous day.

  • Él perdió el reloj que había comprado el día anterior.

    He lost the watch which he had bought the day before.

  • Llegando al fin de cada año (esto es, el último día del calendario lunar) no era sólo un nuevo día reemplazando al anterior, sino también un nuevo año reemplazando al anterior, y esto se llamaba "primer intercambio".

    Arriving at the end of each year (that is, the last day of the lunar calendar) wasn't just a new day taking over from the previous one, but also a new year taking over from the previous one, and this was called 'first exchange'.

  • Lo había comprado la semana anterior.

    I had bought it the week before.

  • Tom ha estado persiguiendo un empleo desde que perdió su empleo anterior el año pasado.

    Tom has been hunting for a job since he lost his previous job last year.

  • Con profundo y reverente sobrecogimiento, volví a poner el candelabro a su posición anterior.

    With deep and reverent awe I replaced the candelabrum in its former position.

  • Ella lo conoció el día anterior, o sea, el cinco de mayo.

    She met him the day before, that is to say May fifth.


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