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ante

Portuguese, preposition/ˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

ante is spelled A-N-T-E (4 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ante is a Portuguese preposition meaning “before (in front of in space)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diante de, na presença de, em frente a”.

What does ante mean in English?

preposition

  1. 1

    datedbefore (in front of in space)

  2. 2

    datedin front of (at or near the front part of)

  3. 3

    datedin front of (in the presence of someone)

prefix

as ante-
  1. 1

    ante- (prior to in time)

  2. 2

    ante- (in front of in space)

suffix

as -ante
  1. 1

    femininemasculine-ing, -ant; forms adjectives from verbs ending in -ar

suffix

as -ante
  1. 1

    femininemasculine-er, -ant; forms agent nouns from verbs ending in -ar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. antes, precedentemente, anteriormente

preposition: 1. diante de, na presença de, em frente a 2. designa causalidade: em consequência de

noun: 1. antepasto 2. prelibação

prefix: 1. em frente de, antes de

suffix: 1. sufixo formador de adjetivos e substantivos, muitos sobre verbos da primeira conjugação

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of ante

  • an.te- canonical

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ante?

  • Brazil /ˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • Portugal /ˈɐ̃.tɨ/
  • Brazil /ɐ̃.te/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ante

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ante in Portuguese?

ante appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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