adelanto

See also: Adelanto and adelantó

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adeˈlanto/ [a.ð̞eˈlãn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: a‧de‧lan‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from adelantar.

Noun

adelanto m (plural adelantos)

1. progress, advancement, improvement

   Synonym: adelantamiento

2. rescheduling for an earlier date

   Synonym: adelantamiento

3. advance (anticipated payment)

   Synonym: anticipo

4. down payment (anticipated payment made to secure a purchase)
5. preview, sample, snippet, teaser

   adelanto del álbum ― album preview / teaser

Descendants

• → Tagalog: adelanto

Etymology 2

Verb

adelanto

1. first-person singular present indicative of adelantar

Further reading

• “adelanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adelanto (“advancement”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔadeˈlanto/ [ʔɐ.d̪ɛˈlan̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: a‧de‧lan‧to

Noun

adelanto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. down payment

   Synonyms: paunang-bayad, antisipo

2. amount of time in advance

   Synonyms: pangunguna, pagkauna, kabilisan, tulin

   Limang minuto ang adelento ng relo ko.

   The amount of time in advance of my watch is five minutes.

3. advancement; progress; progressiveness

   Synonyms: kaunlaran, progreso, sulong, asenso

4. impudence; brazenness

   Synonym: kapangahasan

Related terms

• adelantado
• delantal
• delantera

 

Adjective

adelanto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. in advance; ahead of time (as of watches, clocks, etc.)

Further reading

• “adelanto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 11

Anagrams

• tonelada