adelantado

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adelantado, from Spanish adelantar (“to advance, to promote”).

Noun

adelantado (plural adelantados or adelantadoes)

1. (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. […], volume (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

governor of a province

• Portuguese: adelantado m
• Spanish: adelantado (es) m

References

• “adelantado”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adelantado.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧de‧lan‧ta‧do
• IPA^(key): /ʔadelanˈtado/ [ʔɐ.d̪e.l̪ɐn̪ˈt̪a.d̪o]

Adjective

adelantado

1. advanced

Verb

adelantado

1. for a clock to be ahead of actual time

Related terms

• adelanto

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish adelantado.

Adjective

adelantádo

1. advanced, modern
2. progressive

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.de.lɐ̃ˈta.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.de.lɐ̃ˈta.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.de.lɐ̃ˈta.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɨ.lɐ̃ˈta.du/ [ɐ.ðɨ.lɐ̃ˈta.ðu]

Noun

adelantado m (plural adelantados)

1. adelantado (governor of a Spanish province)

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of adelantar (“to advance, to promote”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adelanˈtado/ [a.ð̞e.lãn̪ˈt̪a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧de‧lan‧ta‧do

Adjective

adelantado (feminine adelantada, masculine plural adelantados, feminine plural adelantadas)

1. ahead of one's time, advanced

   Synonyms: adelantado a su época, avanzado

2. gifted or advanced for one's age

   Synonym: precoz

3. early, ahead of time

   Synonym: temprano

Derived terms

• adelantadamente
• por adelantado

Noun

adelantado m (plural adelantados)

1. a governor of a province; a commander

Participle

adelantado (feminine adelantada, masculine plural adelantados, feminine plural adelantadas)

1. past participle of adelantar

Further reading

• “adelantado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adelantado (“advanced”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔadelanˈtado/ [ʔɐ.d̪ɛ.lɐn̪ˈt̪aː.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧de‧lan‧ta‧do

Adjective

adelantado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ)

1. advanced; earlier than expected or needed

   Synonyms: maaga, maagap, mabilis, abansado

   Adelantado ang relong iyon.

   That watch is advanced.

2. developed; progressive (of a people, nation, etc.)

   Synonyms: maunlad, progresibo

3. paid in advance
4. impudent; brazen

   Synonyms: pangahas, mapangahas

Related terms

• adelanto
• delantal
• delantera

Noun

adelantado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ) (historical, politics)

1. adelantado; governor general (specifically during the early Spanish regime)

   Synonym: gobernador heneral

References

• “adelantado”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “adelantado”, 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