No. 515 in Bulgarian

миналата

"Миналата" means "the last" or "the past" (feminine form).

In a sentence

Миналата седмица беше изключително натоварена.
Last week was extremely busy.
Here, "миналата" is used as an adjective to specify 'last' in reference to the time phrase 'седмица,' meaning 'week.' It denotes the week immediately preceding the current one.
Стояхме в хотела от миналата ваканция.
We stayed in the hotel from the last vacation.
In this sentence, "миналата" is used as an adjective modifying 'ваканция,' meaning 'vacation,' indicating the vacation that occurred before this point in time.
Тя си спомня миналата зима с умиление.
She remembers last winter fondly.
Here "миналата" qualifies 'зима,' which translates to 'winter,' referring to the most recent winter season before now.

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