ontem

Portuguese

Alternative forms

hontem (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese onte, oonte (“yesterday”), from *ãoite, from earlier *anoite, from Latin ad noctem (“towards the night”), from nox (“night”).[1] Displaced Old Portuguese eire.

Cognate with Galician onte and Spanish anoche.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈõ.tẽj̃/ [ˈõ.tẽɪ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈõ.tɐ̃j̃/

Hyphenation: on‧tem
Audio (Brazil) (file)

Adverb

ontem (not comparable)

yesterday

Descendants

Kabuverdianu: ónti
Macanese: onte

References

Edwin B. Williams, From Latin to Portuguese (1938), page 85 (§ 92, 7, A).

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