adiantar

From Old Galician-Portuguese adeantar: adiante (“forward”) +‎ -ar.

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adiantar (first-person singular present adianto, first-person singular preterite adiantei, past participle adiantado)

1. (intransitive) to advance, get forward, progress

   Synonym: avantar

2. (transitive) to make to advance or progress

   Synonym: avantar

3. (pronominal) to get ahead, lead
4. to bring forward

   Antonym: adiar

5. to outstrip

   Synonym: pasar

• “adiantar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “adeantar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “adeant”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adiantar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “adiantar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “adiantar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “adiantar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From adiante (“in the front”) +‎ -ar.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌa.di.ɐ̃.ˈtah/

adiantar (first-person singular present adianto, first-person singular preterite adiantei, past participle adiantado)

1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. to put forward (a clock)

• adiantado
• adiantamento

• “adiantar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025