day before the evenounfeminine/ɐ̃tɨvɨʃˈpɛɾɐ/rarean·te·ves·pe·raPortuguesEnglishEspanolFrancaisDefinitionThe day or period immediately before the eve of an event.On the day before the eve of Christmas, the city was already celebrating.The preparations began on the day before the eve of the conference.synpre-eveanteveCommon collocationsday before the eve of an eventEtymologyDo prefixo 'ante-' + 'vespera' (do latim 'vesper').Related wordsvesperapré-vespera