Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#ANTANOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#ANTANO ante annum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈtaɲo/ [ãn̪ˈt̪a.ɲo]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#ANTANOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ANTANO

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• Rhymes: -aɲoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɲo#ANTANOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɲo/3 syllables#ANTANO
• Syllabification: an‧ta‧ño

Adverb

antañoCategory:Spanish lemmas#ANTANOCategory:Spanish adverbs#ANTANOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ANTANOCategory:Pages with entries#ANTAÑOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ANTAÑO

1. in the past, in the old days, of yore, yesteryear

   Synonym: antiguamente

2. (now rare) last year
   • 1760s, Pedro Ángel de Tarazona, Francisco Generas, El Pensador Matritense, volume 4, page 256:

     En una Comedia, que representamos antaño en las Fiestas de Baco, […]

     In a comedy, which we performed last year in the Festivals of Bacchus, […]

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Noun

antaño m (plural antaños)Category:Spanish lemmas#ANTANOCategory:Spanish nouns#ANTANOCategory:Spanish countable nouns#ANTANOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ANTANOCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#ANTANOCategory:Pages with entries#ANTAÑOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ANTAÑO

1. the distant past

   Mi abuelo me contó de la vida de antaño.

   My grandfather told me of life in the old days.

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   • 1999, Arístides Rojas, “Crónica de Caracas”, in El Nacional, page 21:

     Un mismo alimiento nutría a los moradores de la Caracas de antaño, y ricos y pobres solicitaban la misma comida en el mercado general.

     The same food nourished the inhabitants of Caracas in the old days, and rich and poor people asked for the same food in the common market.

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Further reading

• “antaño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025