former

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfɔːrmər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈfɔrmɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fôr′mər)

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Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
former adj (previous, one time, ex)anterior adj mf
  (coloquial)ex prefijo
  antiguo/a adj
 He saw his former wife with another man.
 Vio a su anterior mujer con otro hombre.
 Vio a su ex mujer con otro hombre.
 Vio a su antigua mujer con otro hombre.
former adj (earlier)primer adj
 My former thought, this morning, was that she was wrong, but I've changed my mind now.
 Mi primer pensamiento esta mañana fue que estaba equivocada, pero he cambiado de opinión.
the former n (first of two mentioned)primero nm
 I have a dog and a cat. The former barks while the latter meows.
 Tengo un perro y un gato. El primero ladra, el último maúlla.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
former n (one who forms) (el que hace)creador, creadora nm, nf
 Luther is said to be one of the principal formers of the modern German language.
 Se dice que Lutero es uno de los principales creadores del alemán moderno.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
ex-president,
former president n		 (person: formerly the president of [sth])expresidente, expresidenta nm, nf
  anterior presidente, anterior presidenta adj mf + nm, nf
fifth former n UK (student: 15-16)estudiante de undécimo grado n común + loc adj
  (ES)estudiante de primero de bachillerato n común + loc adj
  (AR)estudiante de quinto año de secundaria n común + loc adj
Former Soviet Union n (Eastern European states)Antigua Unión Soviética grupo nom
  ex Unión Soviética grupo nom
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia n dated (country in the Balkans)Macedonia del Norte n propio f
  (anticuado)Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia n propio f
 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia joined the United Nations in 1993.
fourth former n UK, dated (student: 14-15)estudiante de décimo grado n común + loc adj
  (ES)estudiante de cuarto de ESO n común + loc adj
  (AR)estudiante de cuarto año de secundaria n común + loc adj
  (MX)estudiante de primero de preparatoria, estudiante de primero de prepa n común + loc adj
in former times adv (long ago)antiguamente adv
  antaño adv
  en el pasado loc adv
 In former times, children as young as seven had to work in factories.
 Antiguamente, los niños de 7 años debían trabajar en las fábricas.
Macedonia n dated (country in the Balkans)Macedonia del Norte n propio f
 Macedonia changed its name in 2019.
second former n UK, dated (student: 12-13)alumno de 12 o 13 años, alumna de 12 o 13 años loc nm, loc nf
sixth former n UK (student: 16-18)estudiante de último año n común + loc adj
  estudiante de duodécimo grado n común + loc adj
  (ES)estudiante de segundo de bachillerato n común + loc adj
  (AR)estudiante de sexto año de secundaria n común + loc adj
third former n UK, dated (student: 13-14)estudiante de noveno grado n común + loc adj
  (ES)estudiante de tercero de ESO n común + loc adj
  (AR)estudiante de tercer año de secundaria n común + loc adj
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'former' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
alum - alumna - alumnus - Aragon - Atomic Energy Commission - Azerbaijan - Belorussian - Bombay - Bosnia - British Guiana - British North America - Commonwealth of Independent States - Commonwealth of Nations - Croatia - crown - Czechoslovakia - deadname - deadnaming - death duty - Department of Health and Social Security - East German - East Germany - East India Company - ecu - erstwhile - ex - ex-boyfriend - ex-convict - ex-girlfriend - ex-husband - ex-smoker - ex-wife - florin - freed slave - French Oceania - Gascony - German Democratic Republic - German Ocean - Guadalupe Hidalgo - half-crown - Hottentot - in olden times - Irish Free State - irredentist - Juan Carlos - Kampuchea - Korea - krone - Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands - late
Spanish:
ex - precedente - antaño - antiguo - antiguos pobladores - aquél - aquéllos - exalumno - excarcelado - excombatiente - volver las cosas a su estado anterior

Collocations: [according, made reference] to the former, the former [champion, president, ambassador] (of), [prefer, choose, select] the former, more...

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