previous

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
previous adj (coming before)anterior adj
  previo/a adj
 Albert had finished the previous day.
 The author's new book is even better than her previous one.
 Albert había terminado el día anterior.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
previous experience n (situations one has gone through) (profesional)trayectoria nf
 Con la trayectoria que tiene, seguro que va a conseguir otro trabajo sin problema.
  experiencia previa nf + adj
 Hábleme de su experiencia previa.
previous history n ([sb]'s experience up to now)experiencia nf
 Their previous history in the field was a key factor in our decision to hire them.
 Su experiencia en el área fue determinante para su contratación.
  experiencia previa nf + adj
 Su experiencia previa en el área fue determinante para su contratación.
previous owner n (former proprietor or keeper)propietario anterior nm + adj
 The previous owner of my house painted the walls of one bedroom hot pink.
 El propietario anterior había pintado las paredes de un dormitorio rosadas.
previous owner n (person [sth] belonged to before)dueño anterior nm + adj
previous question (politics)cuestión previa loc nom f
previous to prep (before, prior to)antes de loc prep
 I lived in Blackpool previous to coming here.
 Antes de venir aquí vivía en Blackpool.
  en forma previa a loc prep
  hasta que loc conj
  paso previo nm
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'previous' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
aforegoing - anterior - anyway - as it was - back pay - back wages - backward - break a record - break back - break the record - chain smoker - chain smoking - chain-smoke - come - compound interest - Constantinople - Counter-Reformation - countermand - criminal record - day before - earlier - ergodic - former - have a change of heart - last - last time - move back - nunc pro tunc - of yore - once before - parlay - past - past life - preceding - predecessor - prerecorded - prior - prior commitment - prior knowledge - reflation - regress - regression - relapse - revertible - roll back - round down - secondhand - swing back - the day before - the night before
Spanish:
antecedente - antepasado - anterior - antes - precedente - pretérito - previo

Collocations: view previous [name, page, message], [maybe, perhaps] in previous times, previous attempts were [unsuccessful, a failure], more...

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