Adelanto in english
pronunciation: ədvænsmənt part of speech: noun
adelantar = bring forward ; overtake.
Example: Although the age for receiving old-age pension is 65 years, an individual can decide to bring it forward to a maximum of 5 years.Example: A 66-year-old male motorcyclist died yesterday after overtaking a row of vehicles and colliding with a car.more:
» adelantar a toda prisa = scutter + past ; rush + past .
Example: Stay on the right-hand side to allow those in a hurry to scutter past on the lef. Example: A man rushed past me off the tube so vigorously that he ripped 3 buttons off my coat.» adelantar corriendo = scutter + past ; rush + past .
Example: Stay on the right-hand side to allow those in a hurry to scutter past on the lef. Example: A man rushed past me off the tube so vigorously that he ripped 3 buttons off my coat.» adelantar el comienzo de Algo = jump-start [jumpstart] .
Example: Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.» adelantar el dinero = advance + the money .
Example: In both instances, we immediately advanced them the money they needed to get back on a sure footing.» adelantar el reloj = turn + the clock forward ; put + the clock forward .
Example: Something tells me that if we could turn the clock forward ten or fifteen years, we'll be using an entirely different lexicon altogether. Example: Each time we switch to daylight saving time, I always forget to put the clock forward an hour.» adelantar por el lado derecho = overtake on + the right side .
Example: When there is a traffic jam ahead, and traffic is going slower, you overtake on the right side.» adelantar por el lado incorrecto = undertake [En el caso de los países donde se conduce por la izquierda, adelantar por la izquierda y en el resto de los países adelantar por la derecha] .
Example: Only undertake the vehicle in front if it is signalling to turn right, and there is room to do so .» adelantar por el lado izquierdo = overtake on + the left side .
Example: In these cases you may overtake on the left side if it is safe.» adelantar por la derecha = overtake on + the right .
Example: Overtaking on the right is especially dangerous, as drivers in Europe do not expect this.» adelantar por la izquierda = overtake on + the left .
Example: You should not overtake on the left if there is a bend ahead, a hump bridge or the brow of a hill.» adelantarse = out-think .
Example: Today's online information industry is playing a game of catch-up, and must out-think current market leaders in order to find profitable new markets.» adelantarse a = outguess ; second-guess [secondguess] ; forestall .
Example: Four years of attempting to catalog everything in a depository collection taught me that it was easier to do all the original cataloging than to try to outguess the rules used previously. Example: This does not imply that the abstractor becomes a publication referee, trying to second-guess decisions already made by editors. Example: Attempting to forestall problems before they were created was essential to the planning.» adelantarse a Alguien = steal + a march on .
Example: The book 'To steal a march on God' explores how heroic acts have complex moral, ethical, and philosophical implications that can still affect people a generation later.» adelantarse a la competencia = get in ahead of + the field .
Example: The best that a British author or publisher could do was to authorize an American publisher to bring the book out in America, giving him an advance copy of the text so that he could get in ahead of the field.» adelantarse a la gente = beat + the crowd(s) .
Example: The biggest secret to beating the crowds in Orlando is to visit the area when most children are in school.» adelantarse a la hora punta = beat + the rush ; beat + the rush .
Example: Football fans are divided into two camps -- those who like to get to their cars and beat the rush and those who would stay until the bitter end. Example: Football fans are divided into two camps -- those who like to get to their cars and beat the rush and those who would stay until the bitter end.» adelantarse a las aglomeraciones = beat + the rush .
Example: Football fans are divided into two camps -- those who like to get to their cars and beat the rush and those who would stay until the bitter end.» adelantarse a las bullas = beat + the rush .
Example: Football fans are divided into two camps -- those who like to get to their cars and beat the rush and those who would stay until the bitter end.» adelantarse a las prisas = beat + the rush .
Example: Football fans are divided into two camps -- those who like to get to their cars and beat the rush and those who would stay until the bitter end.» adelantarse a los acontecimientos = jump + the gun .
Example: Because of EU tardiness, some countries, namely France, Holland and the UK, have jumped the gun in introducing aid for the pig sector in contravention of EU regulations.» adelantarse a + Posesivo + época = be in advance of + Posesivo + time ; be before + Posesivo + time ; be years ahead of + Posesivo + time .
Example: However since they were so much in advance of their time they didn't sell well and are gathering dust somewhere. Example: He was before his time in teaching them to think for themselves rather than cram facts in order to pass exams. Example: Dewey was years ahead of his time in making some notational provision for this.» adelantarse a + Posesivo + tiempo = be years ahead of + Posesivo + time ; be before + Posesivo + time ; be in advance of + Posesivo + time .
Example: Dewey was years ahead of his time in making some notational provision for this. Example: He was before his time in teaching them to think for themselves rather than cram facts in order to pass exams. Example: However since they were so much in advance of their time they didn't sell well and are gathering dust somewhere.» adelantarse pronto en el marcador = take + an early lead .
Example: The Democrats took an early lead on the Internet, but now the Republicans are closing the gap.» adelantar una fecha = move up + a date .
Example: However, the hotel chain has decided to move up the date and provide free internet access to all members two months earlier than planned.» en la primavera los relojes se adelantan y en el otoño se atrasan = spring forward and fall backwards .
Example: Many people may be familiar with hearing 'spring forward and fall backwards,' so that in the Spring, clocks move forward one hour and in the Fall, clocks move back one hour.» los relojes + adelantarse = clocks + go forward .
Example: As the clocks go forward and the days are that little bit brighter, we take a look at some of the crime drama highlights heading our way this spring.adelanto1 = breakthrough [break-through].
Example: With the exception of a few prescient observers, most predictions of the 20th century overlooked such breakthroughs as the computer.more:
» hacer adelantos = make + advances .
Example: The author maintains that, aside from increasing computational speed, and thus real-time control, musically no advances have been made.adelanto2 = advance ; cash advance.
Example: As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.Example: If worse comes to worst, you can always see if your employer may be amenable this time to giving you a cash advance.more:
» adelanto de efectivo = cash advance .
Example: If worse comes to worst, you can always see if your employer may be amenable this time to giving you a cash advance.» adelanto en efectivo = cash advance .
Example: If worse comes to worst, you can always see if your employer may be amenable this time to giving you a cash advance.adelanto3 = foretaste.
Example: Hurricane Katrina brings a foretaste of environmental disasters to come.more:
» ir con adelanto = run + early ; run ahead of + schedule ; be ahead of schedule .
Example: Occasionally bus services may run early or behind schedule due to traffic congestion. Example: What with planting running ahead of schedule, we will have a very good idea about the size of the crop by the second half of January. Example: The bank's recovery is ahead of schedule as it slashed annual losses by more than half in 2010.» llevar adelanto = run + early ; run ahead of + schedule ; be ahead of schedule .
Example: Occasionally bus services may run early or behind schedule due to traffic congestion. Example: What with planting running ahead of schedule, we will have a very good idea about the size of the crop by the second half of January. Example: The bank's recovery is ahead of schedule as it slashed annual losses by more than half in 2010.