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adelantado

gotten ahead, beaten (someone) to it, advanced, made progress, moved up

a d e l a n ˈt a d o → adelantar
adelant to advance, to pay or lend in advance + ado Past participle
verb · singular masculine, past tense Rare #36,027
gotten ahead, beaten (someone) to it
SP: Mi hermana se ha adelantado y ya pidió la comida.
EN: My sister got here first and already ordered the food.
advanced, made progress
SP: He adelantado mucho con el proyecto esta semana.
EN: I’ve made a lot of progress on the project this week.
moved up, brought forward
SP: La tienda ha adelantado la fecha de apertura.
EN: The store has moved up the opening date.
paid in advance
SP: Ya he adelantado la mitad del dinero.
EN: I’ve already paid half the money in advance.
Conjugation of adelantar
Past
adelantado

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)

Y parece que alguien se me ha adelantado.

And it seems someone has beaten me to it.

— Río Místico (2003)

Él me ha adelantado.

He's overtaken me.

Yo me he adelantado a esperarlo.

I got here early to wait for him.

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)

Te has adelantado a ti mismo.

You've gotten ahead of yourself.

— Дылда (2019)

adjective · singular Rare #41,464
ahead of its time, advanced
SP: Ese artista estaba adelantado a su tiempo.
EN: That artist was ahead of his time.
fast (of a clock)
SP: Mi reloj está adelantado cinco minutos.
EN: My clock is five minutes fast.

¿No le pediste algo adelantado a la Dolores?

Didn't you ask Dolores for an advance?

— Pedro Páramo (2024)

El reloj está adelantado.

The clock is fast.

Él estaba adelantado a su tiempo.

He was ahead of his time.

Mi reloj está adelantado dos minutos.

My watch is two minutes fast.

Mi reloj está diez minutos adelantado.

My watch is ten minutes fast.

Todos sabemos que Mendel estaba muy adelantado a su tiempo.

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

Mi reloj anda cinco minutos adelantado.

My watch is five minutes fast.