the other day en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) Recently; lately; a few days ago.
Uh-oh. I emerged from the Underground station at London King's Cross the other day to find a dense throng of people filling the main line station's concourse.
2024 August 21, Philip Haigh, “Stranded trains: problems for passengers and operators”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 52:I saw your friend William the other day. He says hi.
It was only the other day that Persia woke up from her age-long sleep at the call of the West to be instantly trampled into stillness by the Nation.
1918, Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism, London: Macmillan:San Francisco, eh? That's funny, I was there just the other day.
Where were you the other day? We missed you down at the firehall.
- (Philippines) The day before yesterday.
Translations (75)
ja 最近 (lately) · fr récemment (lately) · izh taano (lately) · de in letzter Zeit (lately) · is um daginn (lately) · ga an lá cheana (lately) · es recientemente (lately) · cs nedávno (lately) · ja 先頃 (lately) · pl kilka dni temu (lately) · sw juzijuzi (lately) · tr geçenlerde (lately) · nl onlangs (lately) · hu a minap (lately) · pt esses dias (lately) · hu a napokban (lately) · ar مُؤَخَّرًا (lately) · de kürzlich (lately) · az dünənləri (lately) · cmn 近日 (lately) · ja 先日 (lately) · fi eräänä päivänä (lately) · af nou die dag (lately) · fi hiljattain (lately) · tr geçen gün (lately) · pl niedawno (lately) · cmn 前幾天 /前几天 (lately) · no her om dagen (lately) · ar بِالْأَمْس (lately) · nb for noen dager siden (lately) · tr birkaç gün önce (lately) · de neulich (lately) · fi tässä yhtenä päivänä (lately) · sv häromdagen (lately) · nb nylig (lately) · el τις προάλλες (lately) · gd an latha eile (lately) · yi אַנומלט (lately) · ja この間 (lately) · fa اَخیراً (lately) · ru неда́вно (lately) · cmn 最近 (lately) · ga an lá eile (lately) · nn for nokre dagar sidan (lately) · ar حَدِيثًا (lately) · az o gün (lately) · pl ostatnio (lately) · fi äskettäin (lately) · fr dernièrement (lately) · fr l'autre jour (lately) · fa به تازگی (lately) · ar مُنْذُ بِضْعَةْ أَيَّام (lately) · ar مُنْذُ عَهْد قَرِيب (lately) · eo lastfoje (lately) · fr ces derniers jours (lately) · ru на дня́х (lately) · vi hôm nọ (lately) · fa چَند روز پیش (lately) · ar مُنْذُ فَتْرَة قَرِيبَة (lately) · bg онзи ден (lately) · es el otro día (lately) · de vor kurzem (lately) · ga an lá faoi dheireadh (lately) · la dudum (lately) · nn nyleg (lately) · ru не́сколько дней наза́д (lately) · la nūper (lately) · hu nemrég (lately) · pt no outro dia (lately) · izh taanoin (lately) · gd an latha roimhe (lately) · af onlangs (lately) · ru наме́дни (lately) · de vor ein paar Tagen (lately) · tr öteki gün (lately)