adelantarverb
Adelantar means to advance, to go ahead, to overtake or to speed up in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as adelantó, adelanta and adelantaron.
- to advance
- to go ahead
- to overtake
- to speed up
¿Por qué no te adelantas?
Why don't you go on ahead?
Adelantaron a todos los demás.
They went ahead of all the others.
Adelantaron a Tomás corriendo.
They ran past Tomás.
Ellos adelantaron la fecha de la boda.
They advanced the wedding date.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| adelantó | he, she, it | Preterite |
| adelanta | he, she, it | Present |
| adelantaron | they | Preterite |
| adelantando | Gerund | |
| adelantan | they | Present |
| adelantamos | we | Present or preterite |
| adelantaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| adelantará | he, she, it | Future |
| adelanté | I | Preterite |
| adelanten | they | Present subjunctive |
| adelanto | I | Present |