anteontem

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• antes de ontem
• antontem (dialectal)
• onteontem, ontes de ontem (eye dialect)
• antehontem (pre-reform spelling)

Etymology

From ante- (“before”) + ontem (“yesterday”). Compare Galician antonte.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈõ.tẽj̃/ [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈõ.tẽɪ̯̃], /ɐ̃.teˈõ.tẽj̃/ [ɐ̃.teˈõ.tẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈtjõ.tɐ̃j̃/

• Audio (South Brazil):

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• Hyphenation: an‧te‧on‧tem

Adverb

anteontem

1. day before yesterday
2. ereyesterday

Derived terms

• trasanteontem, trás-anteontem

Further reading

• “anteontem”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “anteontem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026