Phrase guide

the other day

adv · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

Recently; lately; a few days ago.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • I was in San Francisco just the other day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

The day before yesterday.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the day before yesterday.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: nou die dag — lately
  • Afrikaans: onlangs — lately
  • Arabic: مُنْذُ بِضْعَةْ أَيَّام (munḏu biḍʕat ʔayyām) — lately
  • Arabic: بِالْأَمْس (bi-l-ʔams) — lately
  • Arabic: مُنْذُ عَهْد قَرِيب (munḏu ʕahd qarīb) — lately
  • Arabic: مُنْذُ فَتْرَة قَرِيبَة — lately
  • Arabic: مُؤَخَّرًا (muʔaḵḵaran) — lately
  • Arabic: حَدِيثًا (ḥadīṯan) — lately
  • Azerbaijani: dünənləri — lately
  • Azerbaijani: o gün — lately
  • Bulgarian: онзи ден (onzi den) — lately
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前幾天 /前几天 (qiánjǐtiān) — lately
  • Chinese Mandarin: 最近 (zuìjìn) — lately
  • Chinese Mandarin: 近日 (jìnrì) — lately
  • Czech: nedávno — lately
  • Dutch: onlangs — lately
  • Esperanto: lastfoje — lately
  • Finnish: äskettäin — lately
  • Finnish: hiljattain — lately
  • Finnish: eräänä päivänä — lately
  • Finnish: tässä yhtenä päivänä — lately
  • French: l'autre jour — lately
  • French: récemment — lately
  • French: ces derniers jours — lately
  • French: dernièrement — lately
  • German: neulich — lately
  • German: kürzlich — lately
  • German: vor kurzem — lately
  • German: in letzter Zeit — lately
  • German: vor ein paar Tagen — lately
  • Greek: τις προάλλες (tis proálles) — lately
  • Hungarian: a minap — lately
  • Hungarian: nemrég — lately
  • Hungarian: a napokban — lately
  • Icelandic: um daginn — lately
  • Ingrian: taanoin — lately
  • Ingrian: taano — lately
  • Irish: an lá cheana — lately
  • Irish: an lá eile — lately
  • Irish: an lá faoi dheireadh — lately
  • Japanese: 先日 (senjitsu) — lately
  • Japanese: この間 (kono aida) — lately
  • Japanese: 最近 (saikin) — lately
  • Japanese: 先頃 (sakigoro) — lately
  • Latin: dudum — lately
  • Latin: nūper — lately
  • Norwegian: her om dagen — lately
  • Norwegian Bokmål: for noen dager siden — lately
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nylig — lately
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: for nokre dagar sidan — lately
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nyleg — lately
  • Persian: اَخیراً — lately
  • Persian: چَند روز پیش — lately
  • Persian: به تازگی — lately
  • Polish: niedawno — lately
  • Polish: ostatnio — lately
  • Polish: kilka dni temu — lately
  • Portuguese: esses dias — lately
  • Portuguese: no outro dia — lately
  • Russian: на дня́х (na dnjáx) — lately
  • Russian: неда́вно (nedávno) — lately
  • Russian: не́сколько дней наза́д (néskolʹko dnej nazád) — lately
  • Russian: наме́дни (namédni) — lately
  • Scottish Gaelic: an latha roimhe — lately
  • Scottish Gaelic: an latha eile — lately
  • Spanish: el otro día — lately
  • Spanish: recientemente — lately
  • Swahili: juzijuzi — lately
  • Swedish: häromdagen — lately
  • Turkish: birkaç gün önce — lately
  • Turkish: geçen gün — lately
  • Turkish: geçenlerde — lately
  • Turkish: öteki gün — lately
  • Vietnamese: hôm nọ — lately
  • Yiddish: אַנומלט (anumlt) — lately