накану́не
- 1.
the day before, the previous day
Он прие́хал накану́не и сра́зу лёг спать.
He arrived the day before and went straight to bed.
Used on its own, without a following noun.
- 2.
on the eve of, just before
Э́то случи́лось накану́не Нового го́да.
It happened on the eve of New Year.
With a noun in the genitive; often of an important event.
Usage info
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Examples
Мастер отремонтировал сбоивший накануне прибор.
The repairman fixed the device that had malfunctioned the day before.
Бражничавший накануне сосед весь день молчал.
The neighbor who had been carousing the day before kept silent all day.
Она ста́ла прапраба́бушкой буквально накануне своего́ девяностодевятилетия.
She became a great-great-grandmother just days before turning ninety-nine.
Она, исповедовавшаяся накануне, чувствовала облегчение.
She, having confessed the day before, felt relieved.
Переедавший накануне гость чувствовал себя плохо утром.
The guest who had overeaten the day before felt ill in the morning.
Они пожени́лись накануне Рождества́.
They got married on Christmas Eve.
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