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anticipare

to anticipate, to bring forward

verb ahn-tee-chee-PAH-reh Less Common
Time Time Expressions

Origin: Latin anticipare

Also means

to advance (money or time)

Usage Note

Anticipare takes avere as its auxiliary. It means both to do something earlier than planned (anticipare la partenza — to bring the departure forward) and to foresee or predict (non potevo anticipare questo — I could not have anticipated this). Anticipare soldi means to advance money. Do not confuse with prevedere when the sense is purely predictive.

Examples

"Abbiamo anticipato la riunione di un'ora."

Natural Translation

We moved the meeting forward by an hour.

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