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ellos adelantaron

passed, overtook, got ahead (of someone), beat (someone) to it

→ adelantar
adelant to advance, to pay or lend in advance + aron 3rd-person plural preterite
verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Rare #53,784
passed, overtook
SP: Los corredores adelantaron al grupo.
EN: The runners passed the group.
got ahead (of someone), beat (someone) to it
SP: Se adelantaron y llegaron primero.
EN: They got ahead and arrived first.
Conjugation of adelantar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third adelantó adelantaron

Iban a ochenta kilómetros y nos adelantaron.

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

No, éste, ya se nos adelantaron.

No, this one—they beat us to it.

— Museo (2018)

Se adelantaron.

They got ahead of themselves.

— El viaje de Chihiro (2001)

Adelantaron a Tom corriendo.

They ran ahead of Tom.