No. 61 in Catalan
abans
"Abans" means "before" in English.
In a sentence
Abans d'anar a dormir, sempre llegeixo un llibre.
Before going to sleep, I always read a book.
Temporal preposition referring to an action prior to sleeping.
Ha arribat abans que jo a la reunió.
He arrived earlier than me at the meeting.
Indicates an earlier occurrence relative to another event.
Abans, tota aquesta zona era plena de boscos.
In the past, all this area was full of forests.
References a period in the past, used as an adverb.
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