past anterior

English

Noun

past anterior (uncountable)

1. (grammar) A compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, Portuguese 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. Example: Après que la femme et l'homme l'eurent remercié = After the woman and the man had thanked him

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 n (prošedšeje otdaljónnoje)
• Spanish: pretérito anterior (es) m