beforehand

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/bɪˈfɔːrhænd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/bɪˈfɔrˌhænd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bi fôr′hand′, -fōr′-)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
beforehand adv (previously)de antemano loc adv
  con anticipación loc adv
  con antelación loc adv
  antes adv
 If I had known beforehand that the store was closed on Sundays, I wouldn't have come all this way.
 Si hubiese sabido de antemano que la tienda estaba cerrada los domingos, no habría venido hasta aquí.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
know beforehand vi + adv (be forewarned)saber de antemano loc verb
  estar al tanto loc verb
 I knew beforehand what was going to be on the math exam.
 Sabía de antemano lo que iban a tomar en el examen de matemáticas.
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'beforehand' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
anticipatory - before the fact - far in advance - in advance - preexist - preform
Spanish:
anticipadamente - a priori - antemano - anterioridad - antes - con antelación - de antemano - preestablecido

Collocations: should have [told me, asked, done it] beforehand, should have been done beforehand, Why didn't you think of that beforehand?, more...

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