until

Etymology
From, , , , , equivalent to. Perhaps representing a northern variant of 🇨🇬. See.

Preposition

 * 1) Up to the time of (something happening).
 * 2) Up to (a certain place)
 * 3) Before (a time).
 * 4)  To; physically towards.
 * 1) Before (a time).
 * 2)  To; physically towards.
 * 1)  To; physically towards.
 * 1)  To; physically towards.
 * 1)  To; physically towards.

Usage notes

 * Occasionally used without an object, to mean up to the (unspecified) time supplies run out or ...the activity (work, hiring, etc) is finished, e.g. a posting for a job or bake sale stating it will last "from 2pm until."

Translations

 * Afrikaans: ,
 * Amharic: እስከ
 * Arabic:, تا moroccan arabic
 * Egyptian Arabic: لغايت
 * Hijazi Arabic: إلين
 * South Levantine Arabic: لحدّ, حتى, لـ
 * Asturian:
 * Bashkir: тиклем, хәтлем, ҡәҙәр
 * Basque: arte
 * Belarusian: да
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 到, 至
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: indtil
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Fala: hasta
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: deica, endeica
 * Georgian: -მდე
 * German:, bis zu, bis an
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἕως (+ gen.), μέχρι (+ gen.), μέσφα (+ gen.), ἄχρι (+ gen.)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, , ,
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: saa, nasse, nas, nast, asse, ast, as
 * Irish: go dtí
 * Old Irish: co
 * Italian:, fino a quando, fino a
 * Japanese:
 * Kapampangan: angga
 * Korean: -까지
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Latin: usque ad
 * Latvian: līdz
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Macedonian: до, сѐ до
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: sa, sakemm
 * Maori: āpānoa, rā anō, rānō, tae noa ki
 * Mbyá Guaraní: peve
 * Mirandese: até
 * Ngazidja Comorian: hata mpaka
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: oþ
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch:
 * Polish:, aż
 * Portuguese:, até que
 * Romanian:, până când, până ce
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: gu, gus
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: до̏
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: do
 * Upper Sorbian: do
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: te kon miti
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Tocharian B: eṃṣke
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: تک, جب تک
 * Uyghur:, , , , -غا قەدەر, -قا قەدەر, -گە قەدەر, -كە قەدەر
 * Vietnamese: cho đến,, cho tới,
 * Walloon:, disk' a, disk' a tant ki
 * West Frisian: oant
 * Yiddish: ביז


 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 喺……之前
 * Mandarin: 在……之前
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: denantes, endenantes, enantes, aventes
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kapampangan: bayu, angga
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, ,
 * Macedonian: до
 * Portuguese: até que
 * Romanian: până nu
 * Russian:, не ра́ньше
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:, не раніше


 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:, ,
 * Northern Kurdish:, ,
 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Old English:
 * Persian:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tajik:
 * Telugu: ,

Conjunction

 * 1) Up to the time that (a condition becomes true).
 * 2) Before (a condition becoming true).
 * 1) Before (a condition becoming true).
 * 1) Before (a condition becoming true).

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:until

Translations

 * Arabic:, إِلَى أَنْ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 到, 至
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: μέχρι, ἕως
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , पर्यंत
 * Hungarian: amíg…nem, ameddig…nem
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: go dtí go
 * Old Irish: co
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, ,
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: до́дека не
 * Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⵢⵍⵍⵉⵖ, ⴰⵍⵍⵉⴳ, ⴰⵍ ⴰⵎⵉ, ⴰⵍ ⵖⴰ
 * Ndzwani Comorian: ta
 * Old English: oþ þæt
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, до тех пор, пока́ не
 * Sanskrit: पर्यन्तम्
 * Slovene: dokler
 * Spanish:, hasta que
 * Swedish:
 * Tocharian B: eṃṣke
 * Ukrainian: допо́ки, по́ки
 * Urdu: تَک, پَرْیَنْت
 * Uyghur:, , ,
 * Vietnamese: cho đến khi, đến khi, cho đến lúc, đến lúc, cho tới khi, tới khi, tới lúc
 * Walloon:


 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 喺……之前
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, azelőtt, hogy
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Polish: dopóki nie


 * Arabic:
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:, ,
 * Old English: ,
 * Persian:
 * Swedish: (with negations),