adiante
Portuguese, adverb/a.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
adiante is spelled A-D-I-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,049th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adiante is a Portuguese adverb meaning “ahead, forward (toward the front of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of adiantar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “na frente; no futuro”.
What does adiante mean in English?
adverb
- 1
ahead, forward (toward the front of something)
- 2
ahead (in the future)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. na frente; no futuro
interjection: 1. exprime comando ou pedido para continuar um caminho
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 adiante
- mais adiante comparative
- o mais adiante superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adiante?
- Brazil /a.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /aˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ɐˈdjɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adiante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adiante in Portuguese?
adiante appears 21 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).