tomar la delantera

Spanish

Verb

tomar la delantera (first-person singular present tomo la delantera, first-person singular preterite tomé la delantera, past participle tomado la delantera)

1. to take the lead; to overtake

Further reading

• “tomar la delantera”, 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