Polyglot Dictionary

adelanto

/aðeˈlanto/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los adelantos

Meaning

  1. advance, progress

    • Recibió un adelanto del sueldo.

      He received an advance on his salary.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

progreso

progreso and adelanto are close synonyms for "progress, advance," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

German

Besserung

Close — improvement/recovery and advance/progress overlap.

English

progress

Close — an advance relates to progress.

Practice

1 What does adelanto mean?

2 Fill the gap: Recibió un ___ del sueldo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches adelanto?

noun

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