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in the past adv (previously)antes adv
  en el pasado loc adv
  hace un tiempo loc adv
  tiempo atrás loc adv
 In the past I always cycled to work but I live too far away now.
 Antes, siempre iba en bicicleta al trabajo, pero ahora vivo muy lejos.
in the past adv (long ago, in earlier times)antiguamente adv
  antaño adv
  en otras épocas loc adv
  en el pasado loc adv
 In the past, long before modern industrialization, all the work was done by hand.
 Antiguamente, mucho antes de las industrias modernas, todo trabajo se hacía a mano.
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'in the past' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
a while ago - ages ago - ago - as far back as - at one time - at that moment - back when - before - behind - by that time - go back - gone by - historical - historical film - long - oldie - one day - outdated check - retrospectively - that day - that night - until then - up to this time - use - well-trod path - when - years ago
Spanish:
antes - en otro tiempo - antaño - antiguamente - carca - retrotraer - vivir del recuerdo


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