antecipar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin anticipāre. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: an‧te‧ci‧par === Verb === antecipar (first-person singular present antecipo, first-person singular preterite antecipei, past participle antecipado) (pronominal) to get ahead of oneself (act before is necessary) O corredor se antecipou e acabou desqualificado. ― The racer got ahead of himself and ended up disqualified. (pronominal) to anticipate (act before someone or something) [with a ‘something’] Me antecipei às ordens do general e sobrevivi ao ataque. ― I anticipated the general’s orders and survived the attack. (transitive) to anticipate (to take up or introduce (something) prematurely) Sua intuição levava-o a antecipar certos fatos. ― His intuition was leading him to anticipate certain facts. (ambitransitive, pronominal) to advance; to bring forward (to make something happen earlier than originally planned) Com o salário extra, conseguimos antecipar o pagamento da dívida. ― With the extra salary, we were able to advance the payment of the debt. (transitive) to anticipate; to foresee; to see coming (know of something before it happens) Ninguém antecipou o fracasso da economia esse ano. ― No one foresaw the failure of the economy this year. (formal, transitive) to anticipate; to look forward to (eagerly await something) Antecipamos sua visita. ― We look forward to your visit. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== antecipação === Further reading === “antecipar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “antecipar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026