yesterday

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjɛstədeɪ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjɛstədɪ/
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• Northumbria: /ˈjɪstədə/
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• General-American: /ˈjɛstɹdeɪ/
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• General-American: /ˈjɛstɹdi/
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• Southern-US, dated, dialectal: /ˈjɪstɹdeɪ/
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• Southern-US, dated, dialectal: /ˈjɪstɹdi/
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• CMU ARPABET: Y EH1 S T ER0 D EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: Y EH1 S T ER0 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English yesterday, yisterday, ȝesterdai, ȝisterdai, from Old English ġiestrandæġ, ġister dæġ, ġestor dæġ, ġeostran dæġ (“yesterday”), by surface analysis, yester- + day. Cognate with Scots yisterday, yesterday (“yesterday”), Saterland Frisian jässendeeg, järsendeges (“yesterday”, adverb), West Frisian justerdei (“yesterday”), Dutch gisterdag (“yesterday”), dialectal German gestertag (“yesterday”), Swedish gårdag (“yesterday”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (gistradagis, “tomorrow”, adverb). Compare further Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”).

467 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gister — on the day before today
• Ahtna: kʼadaʼa — on the day before today
• Albanian: dje — on the day before today
• Alviri-Vidari: ایزیره (izzire) — on the day before today
• Amharic: ትናንትና (tənantəna) — on the day before today
• Guerrero Amuzgo: bja — on the day before today
• Arabic: أَمْسِ (ʔamsi) — on the day before today
• Chadian Arabic: أمس (ʔamis) — on the day before today
• Arabic: امبارح (imbāraḥ) — on the day before today
• Arabic: البارح (el-bāriḥ) — on the day before today
• Armenian: երեկ (erek) — on the day before today
• Old Armenian: երէկ (erēk) — on the day before today
• Asturian: ayeri — on the day before today
• Avar: сон (son) — on the day before today
• Azerbaijani: dünən — on the day before today
• Azerbaijani: dün — on the day before today
• Azerbaijani: ötən gün — on the day before today
• Bashkir: кисә (kisə) — on the day before today
• Basque: atzo — on the day before today
• Belarusian: учо́ра (učóra) — on the day before today
• Belarusian: ўчо́ра (wčóra) — on the day before today
• Breton: dec'h — on the day before today
• Bulgarian: вче́ра (včéra) — on the day before today
• Burmese: မနေ့က (ma.ne.ka.) — on the day before today
• Buryat: үсэгэлдэр (üsegelder) — on the day before today
• Carpathian Rusyn: вче́ра (včéra) — on the day before today
• Carpathian Rusyn: уче́ра (učéra) — on the day before today
• Carpathian Rusyn: вчо́ра (včóra) — on the day before today
• Carpathian Rusyn: учо́ра (učóra) — on the day before today
• Catalan: ahir — on the day before today
• Cebuano: gahapon — on the day before today
• Chamicuro: likajpe'ta — on the day before today
• Chechen: селхана (selxana) — on the day before today
• Chichewa: dzulo — on the day before today
• Chickasaw: oblaashaash — on the day before today
• Chinese Cantonese: 尋日 /寻日 (cam4 jat6) — on the day before today
• Chinese Cantonese: 琴日 (kam4 jat6) — on the day before today
• Chinese Cantonese: 昨天 (zok3 tin1) — on the day before today
• Chinese: зуәр (zuər) — on the day before today
• Chinese: зуәргә (zuərgə) — on the day before today
• Chinese: ели (iəli) — on the day before today
• Chinese: елигә (iəligə) — on the day before today
• Eastern Min Chinese: 昨暝 (sŏ̤h-màng) — on the day before today
• Gan Chinese: 昨日 ('coh7 nyit6) — on the day before today
• Hakka Chinese: 昨晡日 (chhô-pû-ngit) — on the day before today
• Chinese: 昨昏 (zh-min-nan) — on the day before today
• Jin Chinese: 夜天 (ie3 tie1) — on the day before today
• Chinese Mandarin: 昨天 (zuótiān) — on the day before today
• Chinese Mandarin: 昨日 (zuórì) — on the day before today
• Chinese Mandarin: 昨兒 /昨儿 (zuór) — on the day before today
• Chinese Mandarin: 昨兒個 /昨儿个 (zuórge) — on the day before today
• Northern Min Chinese: 隔暝 (gă-mâng) — on the day before today
• Northern Min Chinese: 昨暝 (ciā-mâng) — on the day before today
• Wu Chinese: 昨日 (8zoq-gniq; 6zo-gniq) — on the day before today
• Xiang Chinese: 昨日 (zo2 r6) — on the day before today
• Chuvash: ӗнер (ĕner) — on the day before today
• Ngazidja Comorian: djana — on the day before today
• Cornish: de — on the day before today
• Crimean Tatar: dün — on the day before today
• Crimean Tatar: tünevin — on the day before today
• Czech: včera — on the day before today
• Dalmatian: jere — on the day before today
• Danish: i går — on the day before today
• Dutch: gisteren — on the day before today
• Egyptian: s-f:ra (sf) — on the day before today
• Esperanto: hieraŭ — on the day before today
• Estonian: eile — on the day before today
• Extremaduran: ayel — on the day before today
• Faroese: í gjár — on the day before today
• Finnish: eilen — on the day before today
• Finnish: eilispäivänä — on the day before today
• French: hier — on the day before today
• West-Frisian: juster — on the day before today
• Friulian: îr — on the day before today
• Georgian: გუშინ (gušin) — on the day before today
• German: gestern — on the day before today
• Greek: χθες (chthes) — on the day before today
• Ancient Greek: χθές (khthés) — on the day before today
• Greenlandic: ippassaq — on the day before today
• Gujarati: ગઇકાલે (gaikāle) — on the day before today
• Gurani: ھیزی (hîzî) — on the day before today
• Haitian Creole: yè — on the day before today
• Hebrew: אֶתְמוֹל ('etmól) — on the day before today
• Hindi: कल (kal) — on the day before today
• Hindi: काल (kāl) — on the day before today
• Hungarian: tegnap — on the day before today
• Icelandic: í gær — on the day before today
• Ido: hiere — on the day before today
• Indonesian: kemarin — on the day before today
• Ingrian: egle — on the day before today
• Interlingua: heri — on the day before today
• Irish: inné — on the day before today
• Istriot: ièri — on the day before today
• Italian: ieri — on the day before today
• Japanese: 昨日 — on the day before today
• Kannada: ನಿನ್ನೆ (ninne) — on the day before today
• Kazakh: кеше (keşe) — on the day before today
• Khmer: ម្សិល (msəl) — on the day before today
• Khmer: ពីម្សិលមិញ (pii msəl mɨñ) — on the day before today
• Khmer: ថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញ (thngay msəl mɨñ) — on the day before today
• Komi-Permyak: тӧн (tön) — on the day before today
• Korean: 어제 (eoje) — on the day before today
• Korean: 작일 (jagil) — on the day before today
• Kyrgyz: кечээ (kecee) — on the day before today
• Lao: ມື້ວານ (mư̄ wān) — on the day before today
• Latin: heri — on the day before today
• Latin: here — on the day before today
• Latvian: vakar — on the day before today
• Lithuanian: vakar — on the day before today
• Livonian: eggiļ — on the day before today
• Lower Tanana: k'ode'onh — on the day before today
• Lutuv: avuochaning — on the day before today
• Luxembourgish: gëschter — on the day before today
• Macanese: onte — on the day before today
• Macedonian: вче́ра (včéra) — on the day before today
• Malay: semalam (Peninsular West Coast incl. KL) — on the day before today
• Malay: kelmarin — on the day before today
• Malayalam: ഇന്നലെ (innale) — on the day before today
• Maltese: lbieraħ — on the day before today
• Manx: jea — on the day before today
• Marathi: काल (kāl) — on the day before today
• Mauritian Creole: yer — on the day before today
• Middle English: yesterday — on the day before today
• Mòcheno: gester — on the day before today
• Mongolian: өчигдөр (öčigdör) — on the day before today
• Mongolian: ᠥᠴᠦᠭᠡᠳᠦᠷ (öčügedür) — on the day before today
• Nanai: чисэниэ (čisenie) — on the day before today
• Navajo: adą́ą́dą́ą́ʼ — on the day before today
• Neapolitan: ajere — on the day before today
• Ngan'gityemerri: kultyinimbi — on the day before today
• Norman: hiaer — on the day before today
• Norman: hièr — on the day before today
• Norwegian Bokmål: i går — on the day before today
• Norwegian Nynorsk: i går — on the day before today
• Occitan: ièr — on the day before today
• Odia: ଗତକାଲି (gatakāli) — on the day before today
• Ojibwe: bijiinaago — on the day before today
• Church Slavic: вьчера (vĭčera) — on the day before today
• Old East Slavic: вьчера (vĭčera) — on the day before today
• Old English: geostran — on the day before today
• Ossetian: знон (znon) — on the day before today
• Pannonian Rusyn: вчера (včera) — on the day before today
• Papiamentu: ayera — on the day before today
• Pashto: پرون (parún) — on the day before today
• Dari: دِیروز (dīrōz) — on the day before today
• Iranian Persian: دیروز (diruz) — on the day before today
• Pipil: yalua — on the day before today
• Polish: wczoraj — on the day before today
• Portuguese: ontem — on the day before today
• Punjabi: ਕੱਲ੍ਹ (kallh) — on the day before today
• Réunion Creole French: yèr — on the day before today
• Romanian: ieri — on the day before today
• Romansh: ier — on the day before today
• Russian: вчера́ (včerá) — on the day before today
• Rwanda-Rundi: ejo — on the day before today
• Northern Sami: ikte — on the day before today
• Sanskrit: ह्यस् (hyás) — on the day before today
• Scottish Gaelic: an-dè — on the day before today
• Serbo-Croatian: ју̀че̄р — on the day before today
• Serbo-Croatian: ју̀че — on the day before today
• Serbo-Croatian: jùčēr — on the day before today
• Serbo-Croatian: jùčē — on the day before today
• Sicilian: aieri — on the day before today
• Sindhi: ڪلهه (kalha) — on the day before today
• Sinhalese: ඊයේ (īyē) — on the day before today
• Slovak: včera — on the day before today
• Slovene: včeraj — on the day before today
• Lower Sorbian: cora — on the day before today
• Upper Sorbian: wčera — on the day before today
• Spanish: ayer — on the day before today
• Swahili: jana — on the day before today
• Swedish: i går — on the day before today
• Swedish: igår — on the day before today
• Tagalog: kahapon — on the day before today
• Tajik: дирӯз (dirüz) — on the day before today
• Talysh: ایزر (izər) — on the day before today
• Tamil: நேற்று (nēṟṟu) — on the day before today
• Tarantino: ajère — on the day before today
• Tatar: кичә (kiçä) — on the day before today
• Telugu: నిన్న (ninna) — on the day before today
• Thai: เมื่อวานนี้ (mʉ̂ʉa-waan-níi) — on the day before today
• Tibetan: ཁེ་སང — on the day before today
• Tibetan: ཁ་སང — on the day before today
• Tigrinya: ትማሊ (təmali) — on the day before today
• Tok Pisin: asde — on the day before today
• Turkish: dün — on the day before today
• Turkmen: düýn — on the day before today
• Ukrainian: учо́ра (učóra) — on the day before today
• Ukrainian: вчо́ра (včóra) — on the day before today
• Urdu: کَل (kal) — on the day before today
• Urdu: دِیروز (dīroz) — on the day before today
• Uyghur: تۈنۈگۈن (tünügün) — on the day before today
• Uzbek: kecha — on the day before today
• Uzbek: kechagi — on the day before today
• Venetan: geri — on the day before today
• Volapük: ädelo — on the day before today
• Welsh: ddoe — on the day before today
• Wolaytta: zino — on the day before today
• Yiddish: נעכטן (nekhtn) — on the day before today
• Zhuang: ngoenzlwenz — on the day before today
• Zhuang: ngoenzvaz — on the day before today
• Zulu: izolo — on the day before today
• Polish: na wczoraj — as soon as possible
• Afar: kimal — day before today
• Afrikaans: gister — day before today
• Ainu: ヌマン (numan) — day before today
• Albanian: dje — day before today
• Aleut: yam — day before today
• Amharic: ትናንት (tənant) — day before today
• Amharic: ትናንትና (tənantəna) — day before today
• Andi: суни (suni) — day before today
• Chungli Ao: yashi — day before today
• Arabic: أَمْس (ʔams) — day before today
• Chadian Arabic: أمس (ʔamis) — day before today
• Cypriot Arabic: imps — day before today
• Arabic: امبارح (imbāriḥ) — day before today
• Arabic: أمس (ʔams) — day before today
• Arabic: البارح (el-bāriḥ) — day before today
• Arabic: مبارح (mbāreḥ, mbēreḥ) — day before today
• Aragonese: ahier — day before today
• Armenian: երեկ (erek) — day before today
• Old Armenian: երէկ (erēk) — day before today
• Aromanian: aeri — day before today
• Aromanian: aieri — day before today
• Aromanian: ieri — day before today
• Aromanian: eri — day before today
• Aromanian: asearã — day before today
• Assamese: কালি (kali) — day before today
• Assamese: যোৱাকালি (züakali) — day before today
• Asturian: ayeri — day before today
• Avar: сон (son) — day before today
• Azerbaijani: dünən — day before today
• Azerbaijani: dün — day before today
• Baluchi: زی (zí) — day before today
• Bashkir: кисә (kisə) — day before today
• Bashkir: кисәге (kisəge) — day before today
• Basque: atzo — day before today
• Belarusian: учо́ра (učóra) — day before today
• Belarusian: ўчо́ра (wčóra) — day before today
• Bengali: গতকাল (gotokal) — day before today
• Central Bikol: kasu-udma — day before today
• Central Bikol: kasuhapon — day before today
• Bislama: yestedei — day before today
• Bulgarian: вче́ра (včéra) — day before today
• Burmese: မနေ့က (ma.ne.ka.) — day before today
• Catalan: ahir — day before today
• Cebuano: gahapon — day before today
• Chechen: селхана (selxana) — day before today
• Chickasaw: oblaashaash — day before today
• Chinese Cantonese: 琴日 (kam4 jat6) — day before today
• Chinese Cantonese: 尋日 /寻日 (cam4 jat6) — day before today
• Chinese Cantonese: 昨日 (zok3 jat6) — day before today
• Eastern Min Chinese: 昨暝 (sŏ̤h-màng) — day before today
• Hakka Chinese: 昨晡日 (chô-pû-ngit) — day before today
• Chinese: 昨昏 (zh-min-nan) — day before today
• Chinese: 昨日 (zh-min-nan) — day before today
• Chinese: 昨暗 (zh-min-nan) — day before today
• Chinese Mandarin: 昨天 (zuótiān) — day before today
• Chinese Mandarin: 昨日 (zuórì) — day before today
• Wu Chinese: 昨日 (zoq nyiq, zo nyiq) — day before today
• Chuvash: ӗнер (ĕner) — day before today
• Ndzwani Comorian: vojana — day before today
• Ngazidja Comorian: djana — day before today
• Crimean Tatar: dün — day before today
• Crimean Tatar: tünevin — day before today
• Czech: včerejšek — day before today
• Dalmatian: jere — day before today
• Danish: i går — day before today
• Dutch: gisteren — day before today
• Egyptian: s-f:ra (sf) — day before today
• Esperanto: hieraŭ — day before today
• Estonian: eile — day before today
• Estonian: eilnepäev — day before today
• Faroese: í gjár — day before today
• Faroese: gjárdagur — day before today
• Fijian: nanoa — day before today
• Finnish: eilinen — day before today
• Finnish: eilispäivä — day before today
• French: hier — day before today
• West-Frisian: juster — day before today
• Friulian: îr — day before today
• Galician: onte — day before today
• Georgian: გუშინ (gušin) — day before today
• German: gestriger Tag — day before today
• German: gestern — day before today
• Greek: χθες (chthes) — day before today
• Ancient Greek: χθές (khthés) — day before today
• Greenlandic: ippassaq — day before today
• Gujarati: ગઈ કાલ (gaī kāl) — day before today
• Hebrew: אֶתְמוֹל ('etmól) — day before today
• Hebrew: אֶמֶשׁ ('émesh) — day before today
• Higaonon: gabi-a — day before today
• Hindi: कल (kal) — day before today
• Hindi: कलि (kali) — day before today
• Hungarian: tegnap — day before today
• Hunsrik: gester — day before today
• Indonesian: kemarin — day before today
• Ingrian: egliin päivä — day before today
• Ingrian: eglelliin päivä — day before today
• Ingush: селхан (selxan) — day before today
• Interlingua: heri — day before today
• Inuktitut: ᐃᑉᐸᒃᓴᖅ (ippaksaq) — day before today
• Irish: inné — day before today
• Istriot: ièri — day before today
• Italian: ieri — day before today
• Japanese: 昨日 (kinō) — day before today
• Japanese: 昨日 (sakujitsu) — day before today
• Kaingang: rãké tá — day before today
• Kaitag: са (sa) — day before today
• Kannada: ನಿನ್ನೆ (ninne) — day before today
• Kapampangan: napun — day before today
• Kashmiri: راتھ (rāth) — day before today
• Kazakh: кеше (keşe) — day before today
• Khmer: ម្សិលមិញ (msəl mɨñ) — day before today
• Khmer: ថ្ងៃម្សិល (tngay msəl) — day before today
• Khmer: ម្សិល (msəl) — day before today
• Konkani: कालि (kāli) — day before today
• Korean: 어제 (eoje) — day before today
• Korean: 작일 (jagil) — day before today
• Northern Kurdish: duhî — day before today
• Kyrgyz: кечээ (kecee) — day before today
• Ladin: inier — day before today
• Lakota: htalehã — day before today
• Lao: ມື້ວານ (mư̄ wān) — day before today
• Latin: heri — day before today
• Latin: hesternus — day before today
• Latvian: vakar — day before today
• Latvian: vakardiena — day before today
• Laz: ღომა (ğoma) — day before today
• Ligurian: vêi — day before today
• Lingala: lobi — day before today
• Lithuanian: vakar — day before today
• Lithuanian: vakardiena — day before today
• Lithuanian: vakarykštė diena — day before today
• Livonian: eggiļ — day before today
• Lombard: jer — day before today
• Luganda: jjo — day before today
• Luxembourgish: gëschter — day before today
• Macanese: onte — day before today
• Macedonian: вче́ра (včéra) — day before today
• Malay: semalam (Peninsular West Coast incl. KL) — day before today
• Malay: kelmarin — day before today
• Malay: kemarin — day before today
• Malayalam: ഇന്നലെ (innale) — day before today
• Maltese: bieraħ — day before today
• Maltese: ilbieraħ — day before today
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: gevi'i — day before today
• Mansaka: kagabi — day before today
• Māori: nanahi — day before today
• Marathi: काल (kāl) — day before today
• Middle English: yesterday — day before today
• Mizo: nimin — day before today
• Mongo: lobi — day before today
• Mongolian: өчигдөр (öčigdör) — day before today
• Nauruan: ngago nane — day before today
• Nauruan: nanahi — day before today
• Navajo: adą́ą́dą́ą́ʼ — day before today
• Norman: hièr — day before today
• Norwegian Bokmål: gårsdag — day before today
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gårdag — day before today
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gårsdag — day before today
• Occitan: ièr — day before today
• Odia: ଗତକାଲି (gatakāli) — day before today
• Ojibwe: bijiinaago — day before today
• Oromo: kaleessa — day before today
• Papiamentu: ayera (á) — day before today
• Pashto: پرون (pron) — day before today
• Persian: دیروز (diruz) — day before today
• Piedmontese: ier — day before today
• Polabian: ceră — day before today
• Polish: wczoraj — day before today
• Portuguese: ontem — day before today
• Quechua: qayna — day before today
• Romanian: ieri — day before today
• Romansh: ier — day before today
• Romansh: her — day before today
• Russian: вчера́ (včerá) — day before today
• Saho: kumal — day before today
• Northern Sami: ievttá — day before today
• Skolt-Sami: jåhtta — day before today
• Southern Sami: jååktan — day before today
• Samoan: ananafi — day before today
• Sanskrit: ह्यस् (hyás) — day before today
• Sardinian: aiseru — day before today
• Sardinian: deris — day before today
• Scots: yestreen — day before today
• Scottish Gaelic: an-dè — day before today
• Serbo-Croatian: ју̀че̄р — day before today
• Serbo-Croatian: ју̀че — day before today
• Serbo-Croatian: jùčēr — day before today
• Serbo-Croatian: jùčē — day before today
• Shona: nezuro — day before today
• Sicilian: aieri — day before today
• Sidamo: bero — day before today
• Sikkimese: ཁ་སང — day before today
• Sindhi: ڪلهه (kalha) — day before today
• Sinhalese: ඊයේ (īyē) — day before today
• Slovak: včera — day before today
• Slovene: včéraj — day before today
• Somali: shalay — day before today
• Lower Sorbian: cora — day before today
• Upper Sorbian: wčera — day before today
• Sotho: maobane — day before today
• Spanish: ayer — day before today
• Svan: ლა̄თ (lāt) — day before today
• Swahili: jana — day before today
• Swedish: gårdag — day before today
• Swedish: i går — day before today
• Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠁꠟ (xail) — day before today
• Tagalog: kahapon — day before today
• Tajik: дирӯз (dirüz) — day before today
• Tamil: நேற்று (nēṟṟu) — day before today
• Tarantino: ajère — day before today
• Tatar: кичә (kiçä) — day before today
• Telugu: నిన్న (ninna) — day before today
• Thai: เมื่อวานนี้ (mʉ̂ʉa-waan-níi) — day before today
• Tibetan: ཁ་སང — day before today
• Tok Pisin: asde — day before today
• Tokelauan: ananafi — day before today
• Tswana: maabane — day before today
• Turkish: dün — day before today
• Turkmen: düýn — day before today
• Ukrainian: учо́ра (učóra) — day before today
• Ukrainian: вчо́ра (včóra) — day before today
• Urdu: کل (kal) — day before today
• Uyghur: تۈنۈگۈن (tünügün) — day before today
• Uzbek: kecha — day before today
• Uzbek: kechagi — day before today
• Venda: mulovha — day before today
• Venda: mba-mulovha — day before today
• Venetan: geri — day before today
• Vietnamese: hôm qua — day before today
• Volapük: ädel — day before today
• Votic: egle — day before today
• Vurës: nonor — day before today
• Welsh: ddoe — day before today
• Woiwurrung: yollinkoe — day before today
• Wolof: démb — day before today
• Wolof: demba — day before today
• Xhosa: izolo — day before today
• Yaghnobi: пиён (piyon) — day before today
• Yakut: бэҕэһээ (beğehee) — day before today
• Yao (Africa): liiso — day before today
• Yiddish: נעכטן (nekhtn) — day before today
• Yup'ik: unuamek — day before today
• Yup'ik: akwaugaq — day before today
• Zazaki: vızêr (diq) — day before today
• Zhuang: ngoenzlwenz — day before today
• Zhuang: ngoenzvaz — day before today
• Zhuang: ŋɵnƨlɯenƨ — day before today
• Zulu: izolo — day before today
• Armenian: երեկ (erek) — the recent past
• Asturian: ayeri — the recent past
• Catalan: dia d'ahir — the recent past
• Finnish: eilinen — the recent past
• Finnish: eilispäivä — the recent past
• Galician: onte — the recent past
• Middle English: yesterday — the recent past
• Norwegian Bokmål: forleden dag — the recent past
• Portuguese: ontem — the recent past
• Romanian: ieri — the recent past
• Russian: вчера (včera) — the recent past
• Scottish Gaelic: an latha an-dè — the recent past
• Swahili: jana — the recent past
• Swedish: gårdag — the recent past
• Turkish: dün — the recent past
• Zazaki: vızêr (diq) — the recent past