anticipar
Spanish, verb/antiθiˈpaɾ/
anticipar is spelled A-N-T-I-C-I-P-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anticipar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bring forward; to advance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does anticipar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bring forward; to advance
- 2
to occur/act earlier than expected, planned, etc.
- 3
to anticipate, to act in advance
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of anticipar
- anticipo first-person present singular
- anticipé first-person preterite singular
- anticipado participle past
- anticipando gerund
- anticipada feminine participle past
- anticipados masculine participle past
- anticipadas feminine participle past
- anticipas indicative informal present
- anticipás indicative informal present
- anticipa indicative present singular
- anticipamos first-person indicative plural
- anticipáis indicative plural present
- anticipan indicative plural present
- anticipaba first-person imperfect indicative
- anticipabas imperfect indicative second-person
- anticipábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- anticipabais imperfect indicative plural
- anticipaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anticipar?
- /antiθiˈpaɾ/
- [ãn̪.t̪i.θiˈpaɾ]
- /antisiˈpaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anticipar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anticipar in Spanish?
anticipar appears 1.7 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).