adelantado
English edit
Etymology edit
Spanish adelantado, from Spanish adelantar (“to advance, to promote”).
Noun edit
adelantado (plural adelantados or adelantadoes)
- (historical) A title bestowed by the king on certain nobles in the 15th-17th centuries, who granted them governorship of a province or charged them with conquering a foreign territory
- 1838, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: American Stationers’ Company; John B. Russell, →OCLC:
- The grand master […] communicated it to the principal chiefs on the borders ; among others , to Don Pedro Henriquez , adelantado of Andalusia , Don Juan de Silva , count of Cifuentes , Don Alonso de Aguilar , and the marquis of Cadiz .
Translations edit
governor of a province
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References edit
- “adelantado”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish adelantado.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
adelantado
Verb edit
adelantado
Related terms edit
Hiligaynon edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish adelantado.
Adjective edit
adelantádo
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
adelantado m (plural adelantados)
- adelantado (governor of a Spanish province)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Past participle of adelantar (“to advance, to promote”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
adelantado (feminine adelantada, masculine plural adelantados, feminine plural adelantadas)
- ahead of one's time, advanced
- Synonym: adelantado a su época
- gifted or advanced for one's age
- Synonym: precoz
- early, ahead of time
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
adelantado m (plural adelantados)
Participle edit
adelantado (feminine adelantada, masculine plural adelantados, feminine plural adelantadas)
Further reading edit
- “adelantado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish adelantado.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔadelanˈtado/, [ʔɐ.dɛ.lɐnˈta.do]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: a‧de‧lan‧ta‧do
Adjective edit
adelantado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ)
- advanced; earlier than expected or needed
- developed; progressive (of a people, nation, etc.)
- Synonyms: maunlad, progresibo
- paid in advance
- impudent; brazen
- Synonyms: pangahas, mapangahas
Related terms edit
Noun edit
adelantado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ)
- (historical, politics) governor general (specifically during the early Spanish regime)
- Synonym: gobernador heneral
References edit
- “adelantado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018