adelantado

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish adelantado, from Spanish adelantar (“to advance, to promote”). === Noun === 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 ==== Translations ==== === 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 advanced === Verb === adelantado for a clock to be ahead of actual time ==== Related terms ==== adelanto == Hiligaynon == === Etymology === From Spanish adelantado. === Adjective === adelantádo advanced, modern progressive == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Noun === adelantado m (plural adelantados) 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) ahead of one's time, advanced Synonyms: adelantado a su época, avanzado gifted or advanced for one's age Synonym: precoz early, ahead of time Synonym: temprano ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === adelantado m (plural adelantados) a governor of a province; a commander === Participle === adelantado (feminine adelantada, masculine plural adelantados, feminine plural adelantadas) past participle of adelantar === Further reading === “adelantado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == 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) advanced; earlier than expected or needed Synonyms: maaga, maagap, mabilis, abansado developed; progressive (of a people, nation, etc.) Synonyms: maunlad, progresibo paid in advance impudent; brazen Synonyms: pangahas, mapangahas ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === adelantado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ) (historical, politics) adelantado; governor general (specifically during the early Spanish regime) Synonym: gobernador heneral === References === “adelantado”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “adelantado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 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