perante

From Old Galician-Portuguese perante (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): from Latin per +‎ ante.

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾan.tɪ/

perante

1. (literary) before, in front of

   Synonym: ante

• ante
• diante de

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “perante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “perante”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “perante”, 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), “perante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Old Galician-Portuguese perante, from Latin per +‎ ante.

perante

1. beside
2. before, in front of

   Synonyms: ante, diante de

3. (figuratively) before, facing (confronting (a difficulty, etc.))

   Synonyms: diante de, em face de, em presença de

   • 2015 September–October, Marisa Vitorino Figueiredo, “Há turistas no bairro e agora?”, in Smart Cities, number 8, Media Line, Lda., page 14:

     Perante a avalanche de turistas nos últimos anos, há quem tema que as grandes cidades portuguesas estejam a ficar pequenas para tantos visitantes.

     Against the avalanche of tourists in the previous years, some fear that the big Portuguese cities could be too small for so many visitors.