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How to say "yesterday" in Spanish

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ayer
(adv.) (sing.) yesterday
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Ildu is an English and Spanish translator and editor living in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She holds a BA degree in Legal Sworn Translation and has been working as a translator and linguist for over 15 years.
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Ayer fue martes .
Yesterday was Tuesday.
No me llamaste ayer .
You didn't call me yesterday.
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"Nothing to Tell" - Permiso de la Dama
Que ayer perdí la realidad en el andén .
Yesterday I lost reality on the platform.
"Nothing to Tell" - Permiso de la Dama
Que ayer perdí la realidad en el andén .
Yesterday I lost reality on the platform.
"Nothing to Tell" - Permiso de la Dama
Que ayer perdí la realidad en el maldito andén .
Yesterday I lost reality on the darned platform.
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ayer
(n.) (masc.) (sing.) yesterday; the past; the old days; yesteryear
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Ildu is an English and Spanish translator and editor living in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She holds a BA degree in Legal Sworn Translation and has been working as a translator and linguist for over 15 years.
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No quiero pensar en el ayer .
I don't want to think about the past.
¿ Cuáles son las canciones del ayer que te gustan ?
What are the songs of yesteryear that you like?
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"Orange Tree in Bloom" - Andrés Calamaro
Toda mi vida es el ayer
All my life is yesteryear
"Orange Tree in Bloom" - Andrés Calamaro
Toda mi vida es el ayer
All my life is yesteryear
"For the First Time" - Camilo, Evaluna Montaner
Tan largo que fue ayer y ya casi es mañana
Yesterday was so long and now is almost tomorrow
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anteayer
(adv.) the day before yesterday This word may also be spelled as "antier."
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Anteayer dormí todo el día .
The day before yesterday I slept all day.
Te escribí anteayer .
I wrote you the day before yesterday.
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