en antecedentes: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- As part of the phrase 'poner en antecedentes': to inform someone of prior facts, background, or relevant history; to brief someone so they understand the context of a matter.
- To bring a person up to date on events or circumstances that precede and bear on a current issue.
- To be recorded in a file or history; to have prior entries, records, or background information on official or administrative documents.
- To possess a prior history or antecedent facts that are relevant to a legal, medical, or bureaucratic evaluation.
Examples:
- ES: Cuando lo puse en antecedentes.EN: When I laid it on the line.
- ES: ¿Puedo ponerle en antecedentes?EN: May I give you some background?
- ES: Te voy a poner en antecedentes, antes que estas damas te acribillen.EN: Come on, Bill. I'll give you the lowdown on these dames before you get sucked in.
- ES: Ponme en antecedentes.EN: Fill me in on that.
- ES: Dr. Lawrence, tal vez sería buena idea que... ponga en antecedentes a mis colegas.EN: Dr. Lawrence, perhaps you'd be good enough... to put my colleagues in the picture.
- ES: Ahora es conveniente que los ponga en antecedentes a dónde vamos a ir.EN: Now, if you allow me, I will give you all the details of where we're going.
- ES: Si... Creo que debería ponerles en antecedentes sobre la Sra. Scarlett.EN: Yes, I think I should perhaps say a word about Mrs. Scarlett.
- ES: Déjame ponerte en antecedentes.EN: Let me fill you in the details.
- ES: Bueno, vamos a ver si me quita usted este dolor del cuello, artrítico, ¿sabe? Sí, ya me avisó la doctora, estoy en antecedentes.EN: Well, let's see if you can take away this pain in my arthritic neck, you know?
- ES: Solo quería poneros en antecedentes.EN: I just wanted you all to be warned.
- ES: - Dijo que me pondrias en antecedentes.EN: - She said you'd know the ropes.
- ES: Los pondré en antecedentes.EN: Let me partially expose myself.
- ES: Póngame en antecedentes.EN: Put me in the picture.EN: GIVE ME A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
- ES: Bueno... pongámonos en primer lugar en antecedentes.EN: Right... First, let's get rid of the basics.
- ES: Fundamentados en antecedentes--EN: Based on precedent.
- ES: Sandra los pondrá en antecedentes.EN: Sandra will get you up to speed.
- ES: -Escucha, déjame ponerte en antecedentes.EN: - Listen let me just fill you in on the background.
- ES: Te hablo de ella solo para ponerte en antecedentes, ¿vale?EN: I only mention her to catch you up to date...
- ES: No, tenía que ponerte en antecedentes antes de poder contarte el resto.EN: No, I had to give you the background before I could tell you the rest.
- ES: Sí, bueno, permítame ponerle en antecedentes primero.EN: Yes, well, let me give you a bit of the background info first.
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