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ontem.

yesterday

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adv/ˈõ.tẽj̃/Brazil[ˈõ.tẽɪ̯̃]Brazil/ˈõ.t͡ʃi/Brazil/ˈõ.tɐ̃j̃/Portugal

  1. yesterday

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese oonte (“yesterday”), from *ãoite, from earlier *anoite, from Latin ad noctem (“towards the night”), from nox (“night”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese eire. Cognate with Galician onte and Spanish anoche.

noun/ˈõ.tẽj̃/Brazil[ˈõ.tẽɪ̯̃]Brazil/ˈõ.t͡ʃi/Brazil/ˈõ.tɐ̃j̃/Portugal

  1. yesterday (day before today)

    masculine

  2. yesterday (the recent past)

    figuratively · masculine · poetic
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese oonte (“yesterday”), from *ãoite, from earlier *anoite, from Latin ad noctem (“towards the night”), from nox (“night”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese eire. Cognate with Galician onte and Spanish anoche.

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