antes

v. place a bet (Gambling); pay one's share of expenses (as part of a group)

n. sum of money paid (gambling); advance payment (business venture); individual's share in the expenses of a group

The Spanish language has a number of prepositions. (Spanish does not use postpositions.) The full list is traditionally recited as follows: a, , , , con, , de, , , , , , , , para, por, según, sin, , , .This list includes two archaic prepositions (so and cabe), but leaves out two new Latinisms ( and ) as well as a large number of very important compound prepositions, which are dealt with in a separate section.All of the above prepositions derive from Latin, except hasta.
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Noun
1. (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
(hypernym) stake, stakes, bet, wager
(classification) poker, poker game
Verb
1. place one's stake
(hypernym) bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt
(classification) card game, cards

adv. before, previously, in the preceding time; once; sooner; above; beforehand

adj. previous, earlier, prior, preceding, antecedent

conj. before, preceding

adv. by, near