diante

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese deante, from de +‎ enante. Enante from Late Latin in ante, from Latin in +‎ ante. Cognate with Portuguese diante, Asturian, Leonese and Mirandese delantre and Spanish delante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjante̝/, /diˈante̝/

Adverb

diante

1. before
2. ahead

Derived terms

• adiantar
• adiante
• diante de
• dianteiro
• en diante

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “diante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “diante”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “diante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “diante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “diante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• diãte (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese deante, from de +‎ enante. Enante from Late Latin in ante, from Latin in ante. Cognate with Galician diante, Asturian, Leonese, and Mirandese delantre and Spanish delante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.te/ [d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.te], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdjɐ̃.tɨ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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Adverb

diante

1. in front of
2. before
3. ahead (in time)

   daqui em diante ― from now on (literally, “hence in ahead”)

Derived terms

• adiante
• dianteira
• em diante

Further reading

• “diante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “diante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “diante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025