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

Conjugation
        Conjugation of adelantar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    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
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
          Selected combined forms of adelantaredit data

      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 imperative adelanta
      dative adelántame adelántate adelántale adelántanos not used adelántales
      accusative adelántame adelántate adelántalo, adelántala adelántanos not used adelántalos, adelántalas
      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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