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adelantado

advanced

adjective ah-deh-lahn-TAH-doh Rare
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Also means

early (in time)

Usage Note

Adelantado can mean ahead of schedule (llegó adelantado — he arrived early), advanced in development, or precocious. Historically it also referred to a Spanish colonial governor (adelantado), a sense still encountered in historical texts. As an adjective it agrees with the noun it modifies and has no inherent gender.

Examples

"El niño está muy adelantado para su edad."

Natural Translation

The child is very advanced for his age.

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