antaño
Spanish, noun/anˈtaɲo/
antaño is spelled A-N-T-A-Ñ-O (6 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,773rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Antaño is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “the distant past” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does antaño mean in English?
adverb
- 1
in the past, in the old days, of yore, yesteryear
- 2
archaiclast year
noun
- 1
masculinethe distant past
Mi abuelo me contó de la vida de antaño.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. En tiempo pasado.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of antaño
- antaños plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce antaño?
- /anˈtaɲo/
- [ãn̪ˈt̪a.ɲo]
- [ãn̪ˈt̪aɲo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to antaño
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is antaño in Spanish?
antaño appears 4.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).