avanzar

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avanzar

1. to advance
2. to go forward
3. to advance; to make progress

• avançar (reintegrationist)

From Catalan avançar, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante. Near-doublet of avantar.

• IPA^(key): [aβanˈθaɾ], (western) [aβanˈsaɾ]

avanzar (first-person singular present avanzo, first-person singular preterite avancei, past participle avanzado)

1. to advance; to progress

   Synonyms: adiantar, avantar

• avance

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “avanzar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “avanzar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “avanzar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “avanzar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

• IPA^(key): /a.vanˈt͡sar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: a‧van‧zàr

avanzar

1. apocopic form of avanzare

Borrowed from Catalan avançar, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /abanˈθaɾ/ [a.β̞ãn̟ˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /abanˈsaɾ/ [a.β̞ãnˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧van‧zar

avanzar (first-person singular present avanzo, first-person singular preterite avancé, past participle avanzado)

1. (transitive) to advance (to make (something) happen at an earlier time or date)

   Synonym: adelantar

2. (intransitive) to advance (to move forwards)

• “avanzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025