ante.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
ante.
Principal English Translation: 

before, in front of (an official) (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

paso ante mi mtho zepherino (Xochimilco, 1572)
Frances Karttunen and James Lockhart, Nahuatl in the Middle Years: Language Contact Phenomena in Texts of the Colonial Period, Linguistics 85 (Los Angeles, University of California Publications, 1976), Doc. 2.

Ante mi Dn Antto Baleriano Esno de Repca (Azcapotzalco, 1703)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 14.

Ante mi Dn Antto Bilibaldo y flores Esno de Repca (Azcapotzalco, 1738)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 17.