adelantado

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English

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Etymology

Spanish adelantado, from Spanish adelantar (“to advance, to promote”).

Noun

adelantado (plural adelantados or adelantadoes)

  1. (historical) A title bestowed by the king on certain nobles in the 15th-17th centuries, who granted them governorship of a province or charged them with conquering a foreign territory
    • 1838, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic. , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: American Stationers’ Company; John B. Russell, →OCLC:
      The grand master […] communicated it to the principal chiefs on the borders ; among others , to Don Pedro Henriquez , adelantado of Andalusia , Don Juan de Silva , count of Cifuentes , Don Alonso de Aguilar , and the marquis of Cadiz .

Translations

References

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adelantado.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧de‧lan‧ta‧do
  • IPA(key): /ʔadelanˈtado/,

Adjective

adelantado

  1. advanced

Verb

adelantado

  1. for a clock to be ahead of actual time

Related terms

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish adelantado.

Adjective

adelantádo

  1. advanced, modern
  2. progressive

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Noun

adelantado m (plural adelantados)

  1. adelantado (governor of a Spanish province)

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of adelantar (“to advance, to promote”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adelanˈtado/
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: a‧de‧lan‧ta‧do

Adjective

adelantado (feminine adelantada, masculine plural adelantados, feminine plural adelantadas)

  1. ahead of one's time, advanced
    Synonym: adelantado a su época
  2. gifted or advanced for one's age
    Synonym: precoz
  3. early, ahead of time

Derived terms

Noun

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adelantado m (plural adelantados)

  1. a governor of a province; a commander

Participle

adelantado (feminine adelantada, masculine plural adelantados, feminine plural adelantadas)

  1. past participle of adelantar

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adelantado.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adelantado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ)

  1. advanced; earlier than expected or needed
    Synonyms: maaga, maagap, mabilis
  2. developed; progressive (of a people, nation, etc.)
    Synonyms: maunlad, progresibo
  3. paid in advance
  4. impudent; brazen
    Synonyms: pangahas, mapangahas

Related terms

Noun

adelantado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ)

  1. (historical, politics) governor general (specifically during the early Spanish regime)
    Synonym: gobernador heneral

References

  • “adelantado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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