anticipar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anticipāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.ti.siˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [an.ti.siˈpaɾ]

Verb

anticipar (first-person singular present anticipo, first-person singular preterite anticipí, past participle anticipat)

1. to bring forward; to advance

   Synonym: avançar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of anticipar (first conjugation)

infinitive			anticipar
gerund			anticipant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		anticipat		anticipada
		plural		anticipats		anticipades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	anticipo	anticipes	anticipa	anticipem	anticipeu	anticipen
	imperfect	anticipava	anticipaves	anticipava	anticipàvem	anticipàveu	anticipaven
	future	anticiparé	anticiparàs	anticiparà	anticiparem	anticipareu	anticiparan
	preterite	anticipí	anticipares	anticipà	anticipàrem	anticipàreu	anticiparen
	conditional	anticiparia	anticiparies	anticiparia	anticiparíem	anticiparíeu	anticiparien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	anticipi	anticipis	anticipi	anticipem	anticipeu	anticipin
	imperfect	anticipés	anticipessis	anticipés	anticipéssim	anticipéssiu	anticipessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	anticipa	anticipi	anticipem	anticipeu	anticipin
	negative (no)	—	no anticipis	no anticipi	no anticipem	no anticipeu	no anticipin

Related terms

• anticipació

Further reading

• “anticipar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “anticipar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “anticipar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “anticipar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto anticipi, English anticipate, French anticiper, German antizipieren, Italian anticipare, Spanish anticipar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antit͡siˈpar/

Verb

anticipar (present tense anticipas, past tense anticipis, future tense anticipos, imperative anticipez, conditional anticipus)

1. (transitive) to anticipate

Conjugation

Conjugation of anticipar

		present		past		future
infinitive		anticipar		anticipir		anticipor
tense		anticipas		anticipis		anticipos
conditional		anticipus		—		—
imperative		anticipez		—		—
adjective active participle		anticipanta		anticipinta		anticiponta
adverbial active participle		anticipante		anticipinte		anticiponte
nominal active participle	singular	anticipanto		anticipinto		anticiponto
	plural	anticipanti		anticipinti		anticiponti
adjective passive participle		anticipata		anticipita		anticipota
adverbial passive participle		anticipate		anticipite		anticipote
nominal passive participle	singular	anticipato		anticipito		anticipoto
	plural	anticipati		anticipiti		anticipoti

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anticipāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /antiθiˈpaɾ/ [ãn̪.t̪i.θiˈpaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /antisiˈpaɾ/ [ãn̪.t̪i.siˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧ci‧par

Verb

anticipar (first-person singular present anticipo, first-person singular preterite anticipé, past participle anticipado)

1. to bring forward; to advance

   Synonyms: adelantar, avanzar

2. (reflexive) to occur/act earlier than expected, planned, etc.; to act in advance

Conjugation

    Conjugation of anticipar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			anticipar
gerund			anticipando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		anticipado		anticipada
		plural		anticipados		anticipadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	anticipo	anticipastú anticipásvos	anticipa	anticipamos	anticipáis	anticipan
	imperfect	anticipaba	anticipabas	anticipaba	anticipábamos	anticipabais	anticipaban
	preterite	anticipé	anticipaste	anticipó	anticipamos	anticipasteis	anticiparon
	future	anticiparé	anticiparás	anticipará	anticiparemos	anticiparéis	anticiparán
	conditional	anticiparía	anticiparías	anticiparía	anticiparíamos	anticiparíais	anticiparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	anticipe	anticipestú anticipésvos2	anticipe	anticipemos	anticipéis	anticipen
	imperfect (ra)	anticipara	anticiparas	anticipara	anticipáramos	anticiparais	anticiparan
	imperfect (se)	anticipase	anticipases	anticipase	anticipásemos	anticipaseis	anticipasen
	future1	anticipare	anticipares	anticipare	anticipáremos	anticipareis	anticiparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		anticipatú anticipávos	anticipe	anticipemos	anticipad	anticipen
	negative		no anticipes	no anticipe	no anticipemos	no anticipéis	no anticipen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of anticipar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive anticipar	dative	anticiparme	anticiparte	anticiparle, anticiparse	anticiparnos	anticiparos	anticiparles, anticiparse
	accusative	anticiparme	anticiparte	anticiparlo, anticiparla, anticiparse	anticiparnos	anticiparos	anticiparlos, anticiparlas, anticiparse
with gerund anticipando	dative	anticipándome	anticipándote	anticipándole, anticipándose	anticipándonos	anticipándoos	anticipándoles, anticipándose
	accusative	anticipándome	anticipándote	anticipándolo, anticipándola, anticipándose	anticipándonos	anticipándoos	anticipándolos, anticipándolas, anticipándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative anticipa	dative	anticípame	anticípate	anticípale	anticípanos	not used	anticípales
	accusative	anticípame	anticípate	anticípalo, anticípala	anticípanos	not used	anticípalos, anticípalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative anticipá	dative	anticipame	anticipate	anticipale	anticipanos	not used	anticipales
	accusative	anticipame	anticipate	anticipalo, anticipala	anticipanos	not used	anticipalos, anticipalas
with formal second-person singular imperative anticipe	dative	anticípeme	not used	anticípele, anticípese	anticípenos	not used	anticípeles
	accusative	anticípeme	not used	anticípelo, anticípela, anticípese	anticípenos	not used	anticípelos, anticípelas
with first-person plural imperative anticipemos	dative	not used	anticipémoste	anticipémosle	anticipémonos	anticipémoos	anticipémosles
	accusative	not used	anticipémoste	anticipémoslo, anticipémosla	anticipémonos	anticipémoos	anticipémoslos, anticipémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative anticipad	dative	anticipadme	not used	anticipadle	anticipadnos	anticipaos	anticipadles
	accusative	anticipadme	not used	anticipadlo, anticipadla	anticipadnos	anticipaos	anticipadlos, anticipadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative anticipen	dative	anticípenme	not used	anticípenle	anticípennos	not used	anticípenles, anticípense
	accusative	anticípenme	not used	anticípenlo, anticípenla	anticípennos	not used	anticípenlos, anticípenlas, anticípense

Derived terms

• anticipado
• anticipo
• documento de voluntades anticipadas

Related terms

• anticipación
• anticipatorio

Further reading

• “anticipar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10