adelantarse
Spanish, verb[að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾse]
adelantarse is spelled A-D-E-L-A-N-T-A-R-S-E (11 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 34,926th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adelantarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of adelantar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ganar la delantera a alguno andando o corriendo, dejarle atrás”.
What does adelantarse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of adelantar combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ganar la delantera a alguno andando o corriendo, dejarle atrás. 2. Exceder a alguno, aventajársele. 3. Venir antes. 4. Prevenir un suceso.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adelantarse
- haberse adelantado impersonal infinitive
- adelantándose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose adelantado impersonal gerund
- adelantado impersonal participle
- me adelanto first-person singular indicative
- te adelantas second-person singular indicative
- te adelantás second-person singular vos-form
- se adelanta third-person singular indicative
- nos adelantamos first-person plural indicative
- os adelantáis second-person plural indicative
- se adelantan third-person plural indicative
- me adelantaba first-person singular indicative
- te adelantabas second-person singular indicative
- se adelantaba third-person singular indicative
- nos adelantábamos first-person plural indicative
- os adelantabais second-person plural indicative
- se adelantaban third-person plural indicative
- me adelanté first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adelantarse?
- [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adelantarse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adelantarse in Spanish?
adelantarse appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).