Adelantado is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Adelantado in a sentence
Adelantado meaning
A title bestowed by the king on certain nobles in the 15th-17th centuries, who granted them governorship of a province or charged them with conquering a foreign territory
Using Adelantado
- The main meaning on this page is: A title bestowed by the king on certain nobles in the 15th-17th centuries, who granted them governorship of a province or charged them with conquering a foreign territory
Context around Adelantado
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Adelantado
- In this selection, "adelantado" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, himself, appointed, governor and joan stand out and add context to how "adelantado" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by the adelantado joan de and declare himself adelantado governor of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "adelantado" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with adelantado
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Pongo de Manseriche was first discovered by the Adelantado Joan de Salinas. (13 words)
Not having formally been appointed governor of any territories in the Capitulation of Toledo in 1528, however, forcing him to declare himself adelantado (governor) of Nueva Toledo, or southern Peru and present-day Chile. (34 words)
Francisco de Montejo "El Adelantado" appointed his nephew, Francisco de Montejo "el Sobrino", to head the conquest of the eastern Yucatán, which was achieved after many bloody battles, ending with the foundation of the city of Valladolid on May 28, 1543. (41 words)
Francisco de Montejo "El Adelantado" appointed his nephew, Francisco de Montejo "el Sobrino", to head the conquest of the eastern Yucatán, which was achieved after many bloody battles, ending with the foundation of the city of Valladolid on May 28, 1543. (41 words)
Not having formally been appointed governor of any territories in the Capitulation of Toledo in 1528, however, forcing him to declare himself adelantado (governor) of Nueva Toledo, or southern Peru and present-day Chile. (34 words)
The Pongo de Manseriche was first discovered by the Adelantado Joan de Salinas. (13 words)
Example sentences (3)
Francisco de Montejo "El Adelantado" appointed his nephew, Francisco de Montejo "el Sobrino", to head the conquest of the eastern Yucatán, which was achieved after many bloody battles, ending with the foundation of the city of Valladolid on May 28, 1543.
Not having formally been appointed governor of any territories in the Capitulation of Toledo in 1528, however, forcing him to declare himself adelantado (governor) of Nueva Toledo, or southern Peru and present-day Chile.
The Pongo de Manseriche was first discovered by the Adelantado Joan de Salinas.