adelantar

Spanish

Etymology

From adelante (“forward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adelanˈtaɾ/ [a.ð̞e.lãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

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• 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

Derived terms

• adelantamiento

Related terms

• adelanto

Further reading

• “adelantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10