previo

previous, prior

adjective · singular masculine Rare #55,426
previous, prior Usually placed after the noun.
SP: Necesitamos permiso previo para entrar.
EN: We need prior permission to enter.
Forms of previo
MasculineFeminine
Singular previo previa

Hubo un incidente previo con cristales.

There was a previous incident involving glass.

— Jaula (2022)

¿Lo que veo, oigo y huelo es sólo la apariencia de un mundo previo al mundo?

Is what I see, hear, and smell just the appearance of a world that existed before this one?

— Las alas del deseo (1987)

Una llanura separa la playa, del municipio previo.

A plain separates the beach from the preceding municipality.

— Moonrise Kingdom: Amor Infantil (2012)

Sabe que los militares arruinaron mi matrimonio previo.

He knows that the military ruined my previous marriage.

— El Quinto Elemento (1997)