Meaning
to bring forward, to anticipate
- to bring forward, to move up (in time)
- to anticipate, to foresee
- to advance (money)
- to reveal in advance, to give a preview
In a sentence
Se vuoi, possiamo anticipare la cena di mezz'ora.
If you want, we can move dinner up by half an hour.
Sono arrivato presto, ma tu hai anticipato tutti.
I arrived early, but you got there before everyone.
Puoi anticipare cosa dirà il professore domani?
Can you anticipate what the teacher will say tomorrow?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| anticipare | infinitive |
| anticipiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| anticipo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| anticipate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| anticipi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| anticipano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| anticipa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| anticipavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| anticipavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| anticipavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| anticipavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| anticipavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| anticipava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| anticipammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| anticipai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| anticipaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| anticipasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| anticiparono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| anticipò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| anticiperemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| anticiperò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| anticiperete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| anticiperai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| anticiperanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| anticiperà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| anticipiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| anticipi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| anticipiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| anticipi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| anticipino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| anticipi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| anticipassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| anticipassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| anticipaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| anticipassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| anticipassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| anticipasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| anticiperemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| anticiperei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| anticipereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| anticiperesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| anticiperebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| anticiperebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| anticipiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| anticipate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| anticipa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| anticipando | gerund |
| anticipato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For people arriving early, Italians often prefer arrivare in anticipo; anticipare is more common for moving times, dates, or actions earlier.
- Anticipare qualcosa means move it earlier; posticipare or rimandare means delay it. Learners often confuse these opposites.
- With direct objects, use avere in compound tenses: ho anticipato la riunione. For intransitive use about arriving early, essere may appear: sono anticipato.