after

después, detrás

Detrás de alguien o algo, o en un momento posterior.

En inglés sencillo: Behind someone or something, or at a later time.

• I left, and she came after.
• He called shortly after.
• We met again years after.

Sinónimos: later, behind, afterward

Antónimos: before

Expresiones frecuentes: soon after, shortly after, follow after

después de, tras

En un momento posterior a una hora o un acontecimiento concreto.

En inglés sencillo: At a time later than a particular event or time.

• Call me after lunch.
• We went home after the concert.
• Did you sleep after taking the medicine?

Cómo se usa: after doing something (Wash your hands after touching raw meat.)

Sinónimos: following

Antónimos: before

Expresiones frecuentes: after lunch, after school, after work, after midnight

después de, detrás de

Detrás de alguien o algo en una fila, lista u otra secuencia.

En inglés sencillo: Behind someone or something in a line, list, or other order.

• Your name comes after mine.
• Put the blue card after the red one.
• Who comes after you in the queue?

Sinónimos: behind, following

Antónimos: before

Expresiones frecuentes: after someone, come after something, page after page

tras, en busca de

Indica que se intenta alcanzar a alguien o conseguir algo deseado.

En inglés sencillo: Trying to catch someone or get something you want.

• The dog ran after me.
• Are you after a new job?
• They went after the biggest prize.

Cómo se usa: be after someone/something (The police are after the driver.)

Sinónimos: in pursuit of, seeking

Expresiones frecuentes: run after someone, be after something, go after something, chase after someone

detrás de

Al hablar de limpiar, indica que se recoge el desorden dejado por otra persona.

En inglés sencillo: When you clean up this way, you remove the mess another person has left.

• Please clean up after yourself.
• She picked up after the children all morning.
• I'm tired of tidying up after you.

Cómo se usa: clean up after someone (I'm always cleaning up after my children.)

Expresiones frecuentes: clean up after someone, pick up after someone, tidy up after someone

después de que, una vez que

Une dos partes de una oración para indicar que un hecho ocurre después de otro.

En inglés sencillo: You use this to say that one event happens later than another event.

• I'll call after I get home.
• She rested after she finished the work.
• Can we play after we've eaten?

Cómo se usa: after + clause (We ate after everyone had arrived.)

Sinónimos: once

Antónimos: before

Expresiones frecuentes: after you arrive, after we finish, after someone leaves

de popa, trasero

Situado en la parte trasera de un barco o avión, o cerca de ella.

En inglés sencillo: At or near the back of a ship or aircraft.

• The crew gathered on the after deck.
• Smoke rose from the after compartment.
• They stored the equipment in the after cabin.

Sinónimos: rear, aft

Antónimos: forward

Expresiones frecuentes: after deck, after cabin, after hatch