ellos adelantaron

moved ahead, advanced

→ adelantar
adelant to move forward, advance + aron 3rd-person plural past tense
verb · third plural · past indicative Rare #42,770
moved ahead, advanced
SP: Se adelantaron para ver mejor el desfile.
EN: They moved ahead to see the parade better.
Conjugation of adelantar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third adelantó adelantaron

Adelantaron a todos los demás.

They overtook everyone else.

Iban a ochenta kilómetros y nos adelantaron.

They were going eighty kilometers per hour and they overtook us.

Adelantaron a Tom corriendo.

They ran ahead of Tom.

Ellos adelantaron la fecha de la boda.

They moved the wedding date forward.

Se adelantaron.

They got ahead of themselves.

— El viaje de Chihiro (2001)