antecedente

See also: antécédente

Italian

Etymology

From Latin antecēdentem. By surface analysis, ante- +‎ cedente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.te.t͡ʃeˈdɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: an‧te‧ce‧dèn‧te

Participle

antecedente (plural antecedenti)

1. present participle of antecedere

Adjective

antecedente (plural antecedenti)

1. precedent, previous, antecedent

Noun

antecedente m (plural antecedenti)

1. antecedent

   Synonym: precedente

Related terms

• antecedentemente
• antecedenza

Latin

Participle

antecēdente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of antecēdēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antecēdentem, from antecēdere (“to yield before”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.te.seˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.te.seˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.te.seˈdẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.tɨ.sɨˈdẽ.tɨ/ [ɐ̃.tɨ.sɨˈðẽ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: an‧te‧ce‧den‧te

Adjective

antecedente m or f (plural antecedentes)

1. antecedent
2. previous, prior

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antecēdentem, from antecēdere (“to yield before”). Cognate with English antecedent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /anteθeˈdente/ [ãn̪.t̪e.θeˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /anteseˈdente/ [ãn̪.t̪e.seˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: an‧te‧ce‧den‧te

Adjective

antecedente m or f (masculine and feminine plural antecedentes)

1. precedent

Derived terms

• antecedentemente

 

Noun

antecedente m (plural antecedentes)

1. precedent
2. antecedent
3. (in the plural) background

   No juzgue a una persona por sus antecedentes familiares.

   Don't judge a person by his or her family background.

Derived terms

• antecedentes penales (“criminal record”)
• en antecedentes
• verificación de antecedentes (“background check”)

 

Related terms

• antecedencia
• anteceder

 

Further reading

• “antecedente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014