ontem

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈõ.tẽj̃/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈõ.tẽj̃/

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

Adverb

ontem (not comparable)

  1. yesterday

Descendants
  • Kabuverdianu: ónti

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