Today’s Spanish word of the day is “adelante”.
It’s an adverb meaning “forward”, “ahead”, “further [on]” or “in front of”.
It can also be used as an interjection to mean “come in”, for example to respond to someone knocking on a door.
The word comes from adding the preposition “a” (“to”) to the word “delante” (“in front”).
Example sentences
Sigue adelante, no te rindas.
Keep going, don’t give up.
¡Adelante, pasa!
Go ahead, come in!
Tenemos que mirar hacia adelante.
We have to look forward.
Dio un paso adelante y dio su nombre.
He stepped forward and gave his name.
De aquí en adelante seré más organizado.
From now on I’ll be more organized.
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