Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
ante anterior
English translation:
last but one/penultimate
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Comunican
Nov 17, 2006 13:31
17 yrs ago
Spanish term
mes ante-anterior
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Mathematics & Statistics
the whole sentence is: "Para el valor actualizado se tomará el valor del indicador correspondiente al mes ante-anterior al de aplication del reajuste" Could it be last month but one, perhaps?
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Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | last but one/penultimate |
Anne Patteet
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| 4 +1 | what you say |
SteveW
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| 4 +1 | the month before last |
claudia bagnardi
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| 4 | two months before |
Carol Gullidge
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Proposed translations
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Anne Patteet
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last but one/penultimate
el último mes = el anterior
el penúltimo mes = el ante-anterior = penultimate, or last but one (penultimate in common speech means "la última palabra" but in fact it means penúltimo)http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=pen...
el penúltimo mes = el ante-anterior = penultimate, or last but one (penultimate in common speech means "la última palabra" but in fact it means penúltimo)http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=pen...
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Comment: "thanks -this helped me make it more succinct! Thanks to everyone"
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9 mins
what you say
I think your answer is right
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Note added at 10 mins (2006-11-17 13:41:51 GMT)
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that is, the month before last
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Note added at 10 mins (2006-11-17 13:41:51 GMT)
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that is, the month before last
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ronnie McKee
: Its the month before last, but that doesn't work in his sentence. Is there another way to say this in English besides two months before.
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you're right. Wouldn't "in/for the month two months before the month in which the adjustment takes effect" would do the trick?
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Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
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Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
two months before
since we don't know the exact month of the event, we can't use "the month before last" or the "penultimate month". And I can't, at present, think of a way of avoiding the introduction of "before"
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42 mins
claudia bagnardi
Native in Spanish
30 years translating law and finance
Native in: Spanish
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the month before last
Si entendí bien, es lo que he visto habitualmente.
Saludos
Claudia
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