adelantar
verbo transitivo
1 (pasar por delante) [+vehículo, rival] to overtake; pass; especialmente (EEUU)
adelantó al resto del pelotón he overtook the rest of the pack
la oposición ha adelantado al gobierno en las encuestas the opposition has overtaken the government in the polls
2 (mover de sitio) [+ficha, meta] to move forward
adelantaron la meta 300 metros they moved the finishing line 300 metres forward
3 (en el tiempo) [+fecha, acto] to bring forward
no van a adelantar las elecciones there is not going to be an early election; the election is not going to be brought forward
no adelantemos acontecimientos let's not get ahead of ourselves; let's not jump the gun (familiar)
[+reloj] to put forward hoy se adelantan los relojes una hora today the clocks go forward (by) one hour
4 (conseguir)
no adelantamos nada con decírselo we'll get nowhere by telling him; ¿qué adelantas con enfadarte? getting upset won't get you anywhere
5 (anticipar) [+sueldo, dinero] to pay in advance; advance
me adelantaron parte de la paga de Navidad they paid me some of my Christmas bonus in advance; they advanced me some of my Christmas bonus; el dinero es para adelantar pagas a las tropas the money is for making advance payments to the troops
[+información] to disclose; reveal ha adelantado las líneas generales de su plan he has disclosed o revealed the outline of his plan
como adelantó este periódico, ha aumentado la tasa de paro as this newspaper revealed, the unemployment rate has gone up
lo único que puedo adelantarte es que se trata de una buena noticia the only thing that I can tell you now is that it is good news
verbo intransitivo
1 (Automóviles) to overtake; pass; (EEUU)
"prohibido adelantar" "no overtaking"; "no passing"; (EEUU)
verbo pronominal
adelantarse1 (avanzar) to go forward; move forward
se adelantó para darle dos besos she stepped o went o moved forward to kiss him; nos adelantamos a su encuentro we went forward to meet him; se adelantó a codazos she elbowed her way forward
2 (ir por delante) to go ahead
me adelantaré a inspeccionar el camino I'll go ahead and check the way
adelantarse en el marcador (Dep) to go ahead
3 (anticiparse) [+cosecha, primavera] to come early
el calor se ha adelantado este año the hot weather has come early this year
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adelantarse a
[+deseos, preguntas] to anticipate se adelantó a posibles preguntas he anticipated possible questions
[+persona] (hacer antes) to get in before; (dejar atrás) to get ahead of yo iba a comprarlo pero alguien se me adelantó I was going to buy it but someone beat me to it o got in before me; un grupo de 19 corredores se adelantó al pelotón a group of 19 runners got ahead of the pack
es un diseñador que se adelanta a su tiempo as a designer he is ahead of his time