the night before

• ayer noche — last night

• ¡ buenas noches! — (=al atardecer) good evening!; (=al despedirse o al acostarse) good night!

• de noche — [como adv] at night; [como adj] night antes de s

tiene miedo a salir de noche a la calle — she is afraid to go out after dark o at night

• en la noche de ayer — last night

• en la noche de hoy — tonight

• hasta muy entrada la noche — till late into the night, into the small hours

• esta noche — (=hoy por la noche) tonight; (=anoche) last night

• hacer noche en un sitio — to spend the night somewhere

• media noche — midnight

• por la noche o LAm en la noche o Arg, Uru a la noche — at night

noche de estreno — (Teat) first night, opening night

• al caer la noche — at nightfall

• ya es noche cerrada — it's completely dark now

• es de noche — it is dark

cuando sea de noche, volveremos al refugio — when night falls o when it's dark, we'll return to the shelter

• hacerse de noche — to get dark

a las ocho de la noche — at eight o'clock in the evening o at night

en la noche de los tiempos — (liter) in the mists of time (liter)

buenas noches — ( al saludar) good evening; ( al despedirse) goodnight

de noche — <trabajar/conducir> at night

ahora es de noche en el Japón — it's night o nighttime now in Japan

en la or (esp Esp) en la or (RPl) a la noche: por la noche fuimos al teatro in the evening we went to the theater; el lunes por la noche on Monday evening/night; de la noche a la mañana overnight; hacer noche to spend the night; pasar la noche en blanco to have a sleepless night; pasar la noche en vela (vigilando, esperando a alguien) to sit o stay up all night; ( no poder dormir) to have a sleepless night; de noche todos los gatos son pardos or (AmL) negros — no one will notice (in the dark)

a las ocho de la noche — at eight o'clock in the evening o at night

en la noche de los tiempos — (liter) in the mists of time (liter)

buenas noches — ( al saludar) good evening; ( al despedirse) goodnight

de noche — <trabajar/conducir> at night

ahora es de noche en el Japón — it's night o nighttime now in Japan

en la or (esp Esp) en la or (RPl) a la noche: por la noche fuimos al teatro in the evening we went to the theater; el lunes por la noche on Monday evening/night; de la noche a la mañana overnight; hacer noche to spend the night; pasar la noche en blanco to have a sleepless night; pasar la noche en vela (vigilando, esperando a alguien) to sit o stay up all night; ( no poder dormir) to have a sleepless night; de noche todos los gatos son pardos or (AmL) negros — no one will notice (in the dark)

Ex: And two of them I heard two nights ago on 'All in the Family'.

ocurrió unos momentos antes — it happened a few moments earlier o before

el edificio que habían comenzado dos años antes — the building that had been started two years before o previously

no te vayas sin antes consultarle — don't go without o before consulting her first, don't go without consulting her beforehand, don't go until you've consulted her

lo vio antes que yo — he saw it first o before I did o before me

• antes de algo — before sth

la cena estará lista para antes de las nueve — dinner will be ready by o before nine

una semana antes de la firma del contrato — a week before o prior to más frm signing the contract

• el año 27 antes de Cristo — 27 BC, 27 before Christ

• antes de hacer algo — before doing sth

antes de salir del coche, asegúrese de que están las ventanillas cerradas — before you get o before getting out of the car, make sure that the windows are closed

• mucho antes de algo — long before sth

mucho antes de conocerte — a long time before I met you o meeting you, long before I met you o meeting you más frm

• antes de o que nada — [en el tiempo] first of all; [indicando preferencia] above all

• poco antes de algo — just o shortly before sth

• antes de que — + subjun before

antes no pasaban estas cosas — these things didn't use to happen before o in the past

• de antes, nuestra casa de antes — our old house, our previous house

ya no soy el mismo de antes — I'm not the same person I was o I used to be

ya no se hacen películas como las de antes — they don't make films like they used to o like they did in the old days

no te he podido llamar antes — I couldn't call you sooner o earlier

• cuanto antes — as soon as possible

• lo antes posible — as soon as possible

cada vez se casan los hijos antes — kids get married at a younger o an earlier age these days

• antes de algo — before sth

no cederemos: antes gastamos todo nuestro dinero — we shall never give up: we would rather o sooner spend all our money

• antes bien, antes al contrario — but rather

• antes no — Chile, Méx just as well, luckily

vi lo furiosa que estaba, antes no te pegó — I saw how angry she was, just as well o luckily she didn't hit you

• antes que hacer algo — rather than doing sth

me lo deberías haber dicho antes — you should have told me before o earlier

llámame antes de salir — call me before leaving o you leave

antes me muero! — I'd rather o sooner die!

me lo deberías haber dicho antes — you should have told me before o earlier

llámame antes de salir — call me before leaving o you leave

antes me muero! — I'd rather o sooner die!

Ex: It will be a long time before all documents are available in machine-readable form.

Ex: These will be established in keeping with the principles established earlier.

Ex: So significant were her contributions to the library that last night at their annual organizational meeting the trustees elected her president.

la víspera de, en vísperas de — on the eve of (tb fig)

estar en vísperas de hacer algo — to be on the point o verge of doing sth

la víspera — the day before, the eve (liter o journ)

en vísperas de algo — days before something, on the eve of something (liter o journ)

la víspera — the day before, the eve (liter o journ)

en vísperas de algo — days before something, on the eve of something (liter o journ)

el capítulo anterior — the previous o preceding chapter

se subió en la parada anterior — he got on at the stop before o at the previous stop

los enfrentamientos anteriores a la guerra — the clashes leading up to o preceding the war

sucesos anteriores a la revolución — events prior to o preceding the revolution

las patas anteriores — the forelegs o front legs

sucesos anteriores a la revolución — events prior to o preceding the revolution

las patas anteriores — the forelegs o front legs

Ex: 'See' references are made from different names such as pseudonyms, real names, secular names, earlier names and later names.

pegarse una trasnochada — (fam) ( no acostarse) to be up all night; ( acostarse de madrugada) to stay up until the early hours of the morning

pegarse una trasnochada — (fam) ( no acostarse) to be up all night; ( acostarse de madrugada) to stay up until the early hours of the morning

Ex: When death certificates are unavailable due to cost, law, practice, legibility, time or proximity, the identification and availability of mortuary, cemetery and funeral home records becomes important to the family historian.