the day before
Cada dia que passa eu te amo um pouquinho mais do que te amava no dia anterior.
With each passing day, I love you a little more than I loved you the day before.
No dia anterior, rezei o dia inteiro pelo tempo bom.
The day before, I prayed all day for good weather.
— O Tempo com Você (2019)
Ele perdeu o relógio que havia comprado no dia anterior.
He lost the watch he had bought the day before.
Ela disse que o havia encontrado no dia anterior.
She said she had met him the day before.
A árvore tinha sido arrancada por um tufão no dia anterior.
The tree had been uprooted by a typhoon the previous day.
Eu o encontrei no dia anterior.
I met him the day before.
Ela o encontrou no dia anterior, ou seja, cinco de maio.
She met him the day before, that is, on May 5th.