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Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Monday November 19, 2007
antes, adverb:
soon
In other Words of the Day we’ve looked at antes meaning before. In some set phrases that it’s worth your learning by heart it also has the meaning of soon:
lo antes posible
as soon as possible
Se lo entregaremos lo antes posible.
We’ll deliver it to you as soon as possible.
cuanto antes
as soon as possible, very soon
Confía en llegar a un acuerdo cuanto antes.
He’s confident of reaching an agreement very soon.
cuanto antes mejor
the sooner the better
Tenía que encontrar casa. Cuanto antes mejor.
I had to find a house. And the sooner the better.
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