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anticipado

anticipated, expected

a n t i θ i ˈp a d o → anticipar
verb · singular masculine, past tense Rare #54,340
anticipated, expected As a verb form, it is used with a form of haber to mean “have anticipated.”
SP: No habíamos anticipado tantos problemas.
EN: We hadn’t anticipated so many problems.

En el concierto había una multitud mayor a la que habíamos anticipado.

The crowd at the concert was larger than we had anticipated.

Me alegra que lo hayas anticipado por escrito o hubiera enloquecido.

I'm glad you anticipated it in writing, or I would have gone crazy.

— Lars y la chica real (2007)

¡Nos han anticipado!

They've beaten us to it!

— Nausicaä del Valle del Viento (1984)

¿Quién podría haber anticipado una cosa así?

Who could have anticipated something like that?

— El conformista (1971)