avançar

Catalan

Etymology

  • Inherited from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre (move forward), from Late Latin ab ante, from ab +‎ ante.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βənˈsa]
    • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.vənˈsa]
    • IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.vanˈsaɾ]
    • Audio (Barcelona):(file)
    • Homophones: avançà, avençà, avençar
    • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

    Verb

    avançar (first-person singular present avanço, first-person singular preterite avancí, past participle avançat)

    1. to advance

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    Galician

    Verb

    avançar (first-person singular present avanço, first-person singular preterite avancei, past participle avançado, reintegrationist norm)

    1. reintegrationist spelling of avanzar

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    References

    • avançar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

    Portuguese

    Etymology

  • From Catalan avançar, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre (to move forward), from Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.vɐ̃ˈsa(ʁ)/ [a.vɐ̃ˈsa(h)]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.vɐ̃ˈsa(ɾ)/
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.vɐ̃ˈsa(ʁ)/ [a.vɐ̃ˈsa(χ)]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.vɐ̃ˈsa(ɻ)/
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.vɐ̃ˈsaɾ/
      • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐ̃ˈsaɾ/ [ɐ.βɐ̃ˈsaɾ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.vɐ̃ˈsa.ɾi/

    Verb

    avançar (first-person singular present avanço, first-person singular preterite avancei, past participle avançado)

    1. (intransitive) to go forward, advance
    2. (transitive) to surpass, exceed
    3. (transitive, of animals) to attack [with em]
      Estava andando pela praça e de repente um cachorro avançou em mim
      I was walking through the square and suddenly a dog attacked me.

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