anticiparverb
Anticipar means to anticipate, to bring forward or to arrive early in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as anticipó, anticipa and anticipan.
- to anticipate
- to bring forward
- to arrive early
Se anticiparon media hora.
They arrived half an hour early.
Estamos anticipando más cargos.
We're anticipating more charges.
No pude anticipar que eso sucedería.
I couldn't anticipate that happening.
Nadie pudo anticipar la magnitud del desastre.
No one could anticipate the magnitude of the disaster.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| anticipó | he, she, it | Preterite |
| anticipa | he, she, it | Present |
| anticipan | they | Present |
| anticipando | Gerund | |
| anticiparon | they | Preterite |
| anticipaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| anticipamos | we | Present or preterite |
| anticipaban | they | Imperfect |
| anticipe | he, she, it | Present subjunctive |
| anticipen | they | Present subjunctive |
| anticipara | he, she, it | Past subjunctive |