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anticipato

advance

adjective ahn-tee-chee-PAH-toh Rare
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Also means

early

Usage Note

Anticipato is the past participle of anticipare (to advance, to bring forward) used as an adjective. Key collocations: pagamento anticipato (advance payment), rimborso anticipato (early repayment), pensionamento anticipato (early retirement). It signals that something happens before the expected or agreed time. Learners often mistake anticipare for 'to anticipate' in the English sense of looking forward to something; it actually means to move something earlier.

Examples

"Il rimborso anticipato riduce gli interessi."

Natural Translation

Early repayment reduces the interest.

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