adelantar

Spanish

Etymology

From adelante (forward).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adelanˈtaɾ/, [aðelãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

adelantar (first-person singular present adelanto, first-person singular preterite adelanté, past participle adelantado)

  1. (transitive) to advance, to move forward in space or time
  2. (transitive) to pay in advance
    Synonym: anticipar
  3. (transitive) to outstrip, to outrun
  4. (intransitive) to make progress
    Synonym: avanzar
  5. (transitive) to overtake, to pass (to pass a more slowly moving object)
  6. (transitive) to speed up (to make something go faster)
    Synonyms: acelerar, apresurar

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