VOCAB.RS

pre

пре

/prê/

Ru

PREPOSITION

(+ gen.) before

Pre ručka uvek popijem kafu. — I always have a coffee before lunch.

Vrati se pre ponoći. — Be back before midnight.
PREPOSITION

(of elapsed time) ago

Stigao sam pre dva sata. — I arrived two hours ago.

Upoznali smo se pre deset godina. — We met ten years ago.
ADVERB

earlier; sooner; before

Zašto mi to nisi rekao pre? — Why didn't you tell me that before?

Dođi što pre možeš. — Come as soon as you can.

As a preposition it takes the genitive; "before (doing)" as a conjunction is pre nego što.

Synonyms:

ranije prethodno

Antonyms: posle, kasnije

Expressions

pre svega — above all; first of all
pre ili kasnije — sooner or later