de antemão
Portuguese, adverb
de antemão is a Portuguese adverb meaning “beforehand; in advance (before it is necessary)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does de antemão mean in English?
adverb
- 1
beforehand; in advance (before it is necessary)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. com anterioridade, com antecedência, previamente, antecipadamente
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 de antemão
- em antemão alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to de antemão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.