# atrás
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* atrais

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese atras (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *ad trans, from Latin trāns (“beyond”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈtɾas/

### Adverb

atrás
* behind, in back of
** 1365, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Dominguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 495:outra leira de terreo que jaz atras o çelleiro do Penedo con hun presegeiro que y esta en ella.another plot of land which lies behind the barn of Penedo, with a peach tree which is there in it
* rearward, backwards, towards the back
* back in time; back then; ago
    Synonyms: entón, daquela
    Alá atrás eramos ben amigos. ― Back then we were good friends.
** 1266, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 323:todas as outras mandas e todos os outros testamentos que eu fige atras aqui non vallanevery other charter and every other testament I've done before is void

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “behind”): adiante

#### Derived terms

* atrás de
* cara atrás

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “atras”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “atras”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “atrás”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “atrás”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “atrás”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ladino
### Alternative forms

* atras

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish atras (“behind”) from Vulgar Latin *ad trans, from Latin trāns (“beyond”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Spain):(file)

### Adverb

atrás (Hebrew spelling אטראס)
* behind (back)
** 2019, Aki Yerushalayim:Era imposible de tornar atrás a los tiempos onde se eskrivia ladino kon letras ebreas.It was impossible to go back to when we wrote Ladino with Hebrew letters.
* earlier; back in time (ago)
    Synonym: aze
    dos anyos atrás ― two years ago

### References

* ↑ “atrás”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* atraz (pre-standardization spelling)
* atras, attras, attrás, obsolete
* atráis (eye dialect, Brazil)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese atras (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *ad trans, from Latin trāns (“beyond”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈtɾa(j)s/ [aˈtɾa(ɪ̯)s]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈtɾa(j)s/ [aˈtɾa(ɪ̯)s]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aˈtɾa(j)ʃ/ [aˈtɾa(ɪ̯)ʃ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈtɾaʃ/
* Hyphenation: a‧trás
* Audio (Portugal, Porto):(file)

### Adverb

atrás
* behind (at the back)
    Synonyms: trás, detrás
    Antonyms: adiante, à frente
    O supermercado fica atrás da padaria.The supermarket is behind the bakery.
* after (looking for)
    A polícia está atrás dele.The police are after him.
* ago (in the past)
    Synonyms: há, faz
    dois meses atrás ― two months ago

#### Derived terms

* ir atrás

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* atras (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish atras (“behind”) from Vulgar Latin *ad trans, from Latin trāns (“beyond”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈtɾas/ [aˈt̪ɾas]
* Audio (Latin America):(file)
* Rhymes: -as
* Syllabification: a‧trás

### Adverb

atrás
* behind
* back in time, ago
    Synonym: hace
    miles de años atrás ― thousands of years ago

#### Derived terms

* campo atrás
* con una mano atrás y otra delante
* cuenta atrás
* dar un paso atrás
* dejar atrás los vientos
* echar el pie atrás
* echarse atrás
* el que adelante no mira, atrás se queda
* hacia atrás
* marcha atrás
* paso atrás
* quedarse atrás (“to lag behind”)
* tiempo atrás

#### Related terms

* atrasar
* atraso
* de atrás
* trasero

#### Descendants

* → Tagalog: atras

### Interjection

atrás
* get back, back off, back away

### Further reading

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