past anterior

English

Noun

past anterior (uncountable)

(grammar) A compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, and Italian, in function a pluperfect, and in form composed of the conjunction of the simple past tense of an auxiliary verb (avoir, être) with the past participle.

Synonyms

past perfect

Translations

a compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, and Italian

Aragonese: pasau anterior m
Catalan: passat anterior m, pretèrit anterior m
French: passé antérieur (fr) m
Italian: trapassato remoto (it) m

Portuguese: passado anterior m
Russian: прошедшее отдалённое (proshedsheye otdalyonnoye)
Spanish: pretérito anterior (es) m

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