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ago

Noun CEFR A1 Common
əˈɡəʊ

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Attorney General's Office.
  2. third-person singular present indicative of hacer
  3. Before now, before the present time
  4. ago (Note: unlike in English, hace precedes the number.)
  5. in, it has been...since (a past period of time)

Equivalents

Españolatráshahace
FrançaisIl y a
Deutschaushervor
46 more languages
العربيةخلتقبلمنذ
Azərbaycan diliəvvəlqabaq
Беларускаятаму
Българскипреди
Catalàfa
Češtinapřeď
Cymraegyn ôl
Ελληνικάπριν
Esperantoantaŭ
Eestitagasi
فارسیپیشقبل
Gaeilgeó shin
Galegoatrásfai
עבריתלפני
हिन्दीपहले
Հայերենառաջ
Bahasa Indonesiasilamyang lalu
Íslenskafyrir
Italianoagofa
ქართულიწინათ
ភាសាខ្មែរមុន
한국어전에
Latinaabhinc
Latviešupirms
മലയാളംമുമ്പ്
Монголөмнө
Bahasa Melayulalulepas
Maltiilu
Nederlandsgeledenterug
Portuguêsagoatrásfaz
Românăacumîn urma
Slovenščinapred
Shqippare
Türkçeönce
Українськаназадпередтомутому́

Examples

“I got married ten years ago.”
Two years ago a pair of scientists sparked fears of a devastating virus.”
When they first met in 2000, my dad told my mom how he had gotten the money. The story begins 20 years ago.”
“It was two weeks ago that I saw her last.”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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