ontem

Galician

Adverb

ontem

1. reintegrationist spelling of onte

Further reading

• “ontem” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• hontem (obsolete)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈõ.tẽj̃/ [ˈõ.tẽɪ̯̃], (informal) /ˈõ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈõ.tẽj̃/ [ˈõ.tẽɪ̯̃], (informal) /ˈõ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈõ.tẽj̃/ [ˈõ.tẽɪ̯̃], (informal) /ˈõ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈõ.tɐ̃j̃/

• Hyphenation: on‧tem

• Audio (Brazil):

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Adverb

ontem (not comparable)

1. yesterday

   Coordinate terms: hoje, amanhã

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: ónti
• Macanese: onte

Noun

ontem m (plural ontens)

1. yesterday (day before today)
2. (figurative, poetic) yesterday (the recent past)

   Synonym: passado

Further reading

• “ontem” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ontem”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “ontem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024