previous

anterior, previo

Que ocurrió o existió antes del momento o de la cosa de que se habla.

En inglés sencillo: Happening or existing before the time or thing being discussed.

• Read the previous page.
• Her previous job was in a bank.
• We had met the previous summer.

Sinónimos: earlier, prior, preceding

Antónimos: next, subsequent

Expresiones frecuentes: previous year, previous experience, previous owner

antecedentes penales

Registro de los delitos por los que una persona ha sido condenada.

En inglés sencillo: A record of crimes someone has been found guilty of in the past.

• The thief had previous.
• Police discovered that she had no previous.
• The judge knew he had previous for assault.

Cómo se usa: have previous (The suspect has previous for theft.)

Sinónimos: criminal record

Expresiones frecuentes: have previous, no previous, a lot of previous

rencillas, malos antecedentes

Conflictos o problemas que ya existían entre unas personas.

En inglés sencillo: A history of arguments or trouble between people.

• Those two have previous.
• There is some previous between the neighbours.
• She refused to cooperate because they had previous.

Cómo se usa: have previous with someone (He has previous with the other player.)

Sinónimos: bad blood, history

Expresiones frecuentes: some previous, have previous, previous between people

antes de

En «previous to», indica que algo ocurre antes de un momento o acontecimiento concreto.

En inglés sencillo: Before a particular time or event; used with "to".

• The damage occurred previous to our arrival.
• No records survive previous to that date.
• She had lived abroad previous to her marriage.

Cómo se usa: previous to something (The building existed previous to the war.)

Sinónimos: before, prior to

Antónimos: after

Expresiones frecuentes: previous to something, previous to arrival, previous to departure