adelantar

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Spanish

Etymology

From adelante (“forward”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adelanˈtaɾ/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧de‧lan‧tar

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to bring forward, 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)
    Synonym: rebasar
  6. (transitive) to move up, speed up (to make something happen faster or come sooner)
    Synonyms: acelerar, apresurar
  7. (transitive) to fast forward (e.g. a film or recording)
  8. (reflexive) to preempt
  9. (reflexive) to anticipate, to forestall (+ a)
  10. (reflexive) to get ahead of, to stay ahead of (+ a)
  11. (reflexive) to jump the gun, get ahead of oneself
  12. (reflexive) to be brought forward

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adelantar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive adelantar
gerund adelantando
past participle masculine feminine
singular adelantado adelantada
plural adelantados adelantadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present adelanto adelantastú
adelantásvos 		adelanta adelantamos adelantáis adelantan
imperfect adelantaba adelantabas adelantaba adelantábamos adelantabais adelantaban
preterite adelanté adelantaste adelantó adelantamos adelantasteis adelantaron
future adelantaré adelantarás adelantará adelantaremos adelantaréis adelantarán
conditional adelantaría adelantarías adelantaría adelantaríamos adelantaríais adelantarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present adelante adelantestú
adelantésvos2 		adelante adelantemos adelantéis adelanten
imperfect
(ra) 		adelantara adelantaras adelantara adelantáramos adelantarais adelantaran
imperfect
(se) 		adelantase adelantases adelantase adelantásemos adelantaseis adelantasen
future1 adelantare adelantares adelantare adelantáremos adelantareis adelantaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative adelantatú
adelantávos 		adelante adelantemos adelantad adelanten
negative no adelantes no adelante no adelantemos no adelantéis no adelanten

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of adelantar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive adelantar
dative adelantarme adelantarte adelantarle, adelantarse adelantarnos adelantaros adelantarles, adelantarse
accusative adelantarme adelantarte adelantarlo, adelantarla, adelantarse adelantarnos adelantaros adelantarlos, adelantarlas, adelantarse
with gerund adelantando
dative adelantándome adelantándote adelantándole, adelantándose adelantándonos adelantándoos adelantándoles, adelantándose
accusative adelantándome adelantándote adelantándolo, adelantándola, adelantándose adelantándonos adelantándoos adelantándolos, adelantándolas, adelantándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative adelanta
dative adelántame adelántate adelántale adelántanos not used adelántales
accusative adelántame adelántate adelántalo, adelántala adelántanos not used adelántalos, adelántalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative adelantá
dative adelantame adelantate adelantale adelantanos not used adelantales
accusative adelantame adelantate adelantalo, adelantala adelantanos not used adelantalos, adelantalas
with formal second-person singular imperative adelante
dative adelánteme not used adelántele, adelántese adelántenos not used adelánteles
accusative adelánteme not used adelántelo, adelántela, adelántese adelántenos not used adelántelos, adelántelas
with first-person plural imperative adelantemos
dative not used adelantémoste adelantémosle adelantémonos adelantémoos adelantémosles
accusative not used adelantémoste adelantémoslo, adelantémosla adelantémonos adelantémoos adelantémoslos, adelantémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative adelantad
dative adelantadme not used adelantadle adelantadnos adelantaos adelantadles
accusative adelantadme not used adelantadlo, adelantadla adelantadnos adelantaos adelantadlos, adelantadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative adelanten
dative adelántenme not used adelántenle adelántennos not used adelántenles, adelántense
accusative adelántenme not used adelántenlo, adelántenla adelántennos not used adelántenlos, adelántenlas, adelántense

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