adiantar
Portuguese, verb/a.d͡ʒi.ɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
adiantar is spelled A-D-I-A-N-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,678th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adiantar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to bring to the front, bring forward” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mover para diante”.
What does adiantar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bring to the front, bring forward
- 2
to anticipate information
- 3
to work, function, to have a point (referring to actions)
De que adianta?
- 4
to put forward (a clock)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mover para diante 2. apressar 3. antecipar 4. ter efeito, ter resultado
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adiantar
- adianto first-person present singular
- adiantei first-person preterite singular
- adiantado participle past
- adiantares infinitive second-person singular
- adiantarmos first-person infinitive plural
- adiantardes infinitive plural second-person
- adiantarem infinitive plural third-person
- adiantando gerund
- adiantados masculine participle past
- adiantada feminine participle past
- adiantadas feminine participle past
- adiantas indicative present second-person
- adianta indicative present singular
- adiantamos first-person indicative plural
- adiantais indicative plural present
- adiantam indicative plural present
- adiantava first-person imperfect indicative
- adiantavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adiantar?
- Brazil /a.d͡ʒi.ɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.d͡ʒi.ɐ̃ˈta(h)]
- Brazil /a.d͡ʒjɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adiantar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adiantar in Portuguese?
adiantar appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).