a week ago — una settimana fa
long ago — molto tempo fa
not long ago — poco tempo fa
as long ago as 1960 — già nel 1960
how long ago? — quanto tempo fa?
how long ago was it? — quanto tempo fa è successo?, da quanto tempo è successo?
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
ago — [ə gō′] adj. [ME agon, pp. of agon, to depart < OE agan, to pass away < a , away + gan: see GO1] gone by; past; before now: used following the noun [years ago] adv. in the past [long ago] … English World dictionary
ago — [adv] in the past ages ago, back, back when, before, from way back, from year one*, gone, since, since God knows when*, time was; concept 820 … New thesaurus
ago — /euh goh /, adj. 1. gone; gone by; past (usually prec. by a noun): five days ago. adv. 2. in past time; in the past: All this happened long ago. [bef. 1000; ME ago(n), OE agan, ptp. of agan to go by, pass, equiv. to a A 3 + gan to GO1] * * * … Universalium
ago — adv. earlier, before the present (ten years ago; long ago). Usage: Note the construction it is ten years ago that (not since) I saw them. Etymology: ME (ago, agone), past part. of obs. ago (v.) (as A (2), GO(1)) … Useful english dictionary
Ago — A*go , a. & adv. [OE. ago, agon, p. p. of agon to go away, pass by, AS. [=a]g[=a]n to pass away; [=a] (cf. Goth. us , Ger. er , orig. meaning out) + g[=a]n to go. See {Go}.] Past; gone by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ago — adv. ago that + clause (it was five years ago that we met) * * * [ə gəʊ] ago that + clause (it was five years ago that we met) … Combinatory dictionary
ago — [[t]əgo͟ʊ[/t]] ♦ ADV: ADV with v, n ADV, long ADV You use ago when you are referring to past time. For example, if something happened one year ago, it is one year since it happened. If it happened a long time ago, it is a long time since it… … English dictionary
ago — a|go W1S1 [əˈgəu US əˈgou] adv [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: From the past participle of ago to pass away (11 17 centuries), from Old English agan, from gan to go ] used to show how far back in the past something happened 5 minutes/an hour/20 years… … Dictionary of contemporary English
ago*/*/*/ — [əˈgəʊ] adv summary: Ago follows a word or expression that refers to a period of time. It is usually used with a past tense, not with a perfect tense. used for saying how much time has passed since something happened Your wife phoned a few… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
ago — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. since, over, past. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. gone, since, past; see before 1 … English dictionary for students
ago — a·go || É™ gəʊ adv. before, previously; formerly, in the past … English contemporary dictionary
