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adelantado

advanced, ahead, moved up, brought forward

a d e l a n ˈt a d o → adelantar
adelant to move forward, advance + ado Past participle
adjective · singular Rare #31,090
advanced, ahead Often used for someone or something that is further along than expected (e.g., an advanced level).
SP: Mi hermano está más adelantado en matemáticas que yo.
EN: My brother is more advanced in math than I am.

Todos sabemos que Mendel estaba muy adelantado a su tiempo.

We all know that Mendel was way ahead of his time.

Él estaba adelantado a su tiempo.

He was ahead of his time.

Mi reloj está diez minutos adelantado.

My watch is ten minutes fast.

El reloj está adelantado.

The clock is fast.

El autobús llegó adelantado dos minutos.

The bus arrived two minutes early.

Sé que llegué adelantado.

I know I arrived early.

Mi reloj está adelantado dos minutos.

My watch is two minutes fast.

Mi reloj anda cinco minutos adelantado.

My watch is five minutes fast.

Mi reloj está adelantado cinco minutos.

My watch is five minutes fast.

verb · masculine singular · past Rare #33,306
moved up, brought forward Past participle of "adelantar"; often used to mean something has been scheduled earlier.
SP: He adelantado la reunión para el lunes.
EN: I moved up the meeting to Monday.
Conjugation of adelantar
Past
adelantado

Te has adelantado a ti mismo.

You've gotten ahead of yourself.

— Una gran mujer (Beanpole) (2019)

Él me ha adelantado.

He's overtaken me.

Virginia está aquí porque puede que la fiscalía se nos haya adelantado.

Virginia is here because the prosecution may have beaten us to it.

— Contratiempo (2017)

Y parece que alguien se me ha adelantado.

And it seems someone has beaten me to it.

— Mystic River (2003)

Creo que ya debo haber adelantado bastante.

I think I must have already made quite a bit of progress.

Ya había adelantado una buena suma por esas chicas.

I had already paid a good sum upfront for those girls.

— The Chaser (2008)

Pues se le ha adelantado.

Well, he's been beaten to it.

— Hable con ella (2002)