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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese adeantar: adiante (“forward”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
adiantar (first-person singular present adianto, first-person singular preterite adiantei, past participle adiantado)
- (intransitive) to advance, get forward, progress
- Synonym: avantar
- (transitive) to make to advance or progress
- Synonym: avantar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get ahead, lead
- to bring forward
- Antonym: adiar
- to outstrip
- Synonym: pasar
Conjugation
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person
(eu)
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Second-person
(ti / tu)
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Third-person
(ele / ela / você)
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First-person
(nós)
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Second-person
(vós)
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Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
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| Infinitive
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| Impersonal
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adiantar
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| Personal
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adiantar
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adiantares
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adiantar
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adiantarmos
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adiantardes
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adiantarem
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| Gerund
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adiantando
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| Past participle
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| Masculine
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adiantado
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adiantados
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| Feminine
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adiantada
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adiantadas
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| Indicative
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| Present
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adianto
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adiantas
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adianta
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adiantamos
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adiantades, adiantais
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adiantam
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| Imperfect
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adiantava
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adiantavas
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adiantava
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adiantávamos
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adiantávades, adiantáveis, adiantávais1
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adiantavam
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| Preterite
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adiantei
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adiantaste, adiantache1
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adiantou
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adiantamos
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adiantastes
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adiantárom, adiantaram
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| Pluperfect
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adiantara
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adiantaras
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adiantara
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adiantáramos
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adiantárades, adiantáreis, adiantárais1
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adiantaram
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| Future
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adiantarei
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adiantarás
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adiantará
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adiantaremos
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adiantaredes, adiantareis
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adiantarám, adiantarão
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| Conditional
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adiantaria
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adiantarias
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adiantaria
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adiantaríamos
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adiantaríades, adiantaríeis, adiantaríais1
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adiantariam
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| Subjunctive
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| Present
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adiante
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adiantes
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adiante
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adiantemos
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adiantedes, adianteis
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adiantem
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| Imperfect
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adiantasse
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adiantasses
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adiantasse
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adiantássemos
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adiantássedes, adiantásseis
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adiantassem
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| Future
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adiantar
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adiantares
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adiantar
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adiantarmos
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adiantardes
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adiantarem
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| Imperative
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| Affirmative
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adianta
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adiante
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adiantemos
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adiantade, adiantai
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adiantem
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| Negative (nom)
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nom adiantes
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nom adiante
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nom adiantemos
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nom adiantedes, nom adianteis
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nom adiantem
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References
- “adiantar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “adeantar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “adeant” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “adiantar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “adiantar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “adiantar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “adiantar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From adiante (“in the front”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.ɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒjɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.ɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒjɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.ɐ̃ˈta(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒjɐ̃ˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.ɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒjɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.ɐ̃ˈta(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒjɐ̃ˈta(ɻ)/
- (Nordestino) IPA(key): /ˌa.di.ɐ̃.ˈtah/
Verb
adiantar (first-person singular present adianto, first-person singular preterite adiantei, past participle adiantado)
- to bring to the front, bring forward
- Synonym: avançar
- Antonym: recuar
1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, “4th canto”, in Os Lusíadas:No primeiro eſquadrão, que ſe adianta- In the first squadron, which brings itself forward
- to anticipate information
- Synonyms: afirmar, antecipar
1897, Euclides da Cunha, Estado de São Paulo:Nada ainda poderei adiantar sobre a situação.- I still can't anticipate information about the situation.
- to work, function, to have a point (referring to actions)
- De que adianta? ― What use is that?
1928, Antônio de Alcântara Machado, O Mártir Jesus, Laranja-da-China:Crispiniano quis virar valente. Que é que adiantava? Fifi reteve com dificuldade umas lágrimas sinceras.- Crispiniano wanted to become valiant. What was the point? Fifi retained with difficulty some sincere tears.
1961, Antônio de Alcântara Machado, As Cinco Panelas de Ouro, Contos Avulsos:Subornar também não adianta. Quer dizer: é impossível. Melhor é revelar o segredo.- Bribing also doesn't work. I mean: it is impossible. It is better to reveal the secret.
- to put forward (a clock)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
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