antemano

From ante- +‎ mano.

• IPA^(key): /anteˈmano/ [ãn̪.t̪eˈma.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: an‧te‧ma‧no

antemano m (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) beforehand

• The noun sense is obsolete, except in the phrase de antemano.

• “antemano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• antimano

Borrowed from Spanish de antemano.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔanteˈmano/ [ʔɐn̪.t̪ɛˈmaː.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: an‧te‧ma‧no

antemano (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜋᜈᜓ)

1. beforehand; previously; at first

   Synonym: noon

2. suddenly; without deliberation; at once

   Synonyms: agad, kaagad, pagdaka, kapagdaka

• “antemano”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018