avanzare

See also: avanzaré

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from ab +‎ ante.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /a.vanˈt͡sa.re/
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    • Rhymes: -are
    • Hyphenation: a‧van‧zà‧re

    Verb

    avanzàre (first-person singular present avànzo, first-person singular past historic avanzài, past participle avanzàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive, also intransitive meaning "to advance") avére)

    1. (intransitive) to advance, to proceed (to move forward) [auxiliary avere or essere]
      Synonyms: andare avanti, procedere
      Antonym: arretrare
    2. (intransitive) to stick out [auxiliary avere or essere]
      Synonym: sporgere
    3. (figurative, intransitive) to advance (to make progress) [auxiliary avere or essere]
      Synonyms: fare progressi, progredire
      Antonym: regredire
    4. (uncommon, transitive) to pass, to cross
      Synonyms: oltrepassare, superare
    5. (figurative, transitive) to overcome, to surpass
      Synonyms: oltrepassare, superare
    6. (transitive, uncommon) to advance (to push or move forward)
    7. (figurative, transitive) to promote, to advance
    8. (figurative, literary, transitive) to empower (to give more power to)
    9. (figurative, transitive) to put forward
    10. (intransitive) to be left, to remain [auxiliary essere]
      Synonyms: restare, rimanere
      Antonyms: finire, terminare
    11. (intransitive) to be in excess [auxiliary essere]
      Synonym: sovrabbondare
    12. (uncommon, intransitive) to survive, to escape [with a] [auxiliary essere]
      Synonyms: sfuggire, sopravvivere
    13. (transitive) to be owed
    14. (obsolete, transitive):
      1. to save up, to set aside, to put aside
        Synonym: mettere da parte
      2. to surpass
        Synonym: superare
      3. to have a lot of

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    Descendants

    • Esperanto: avanci
    • Greek: αβαντζάρω (avantzáro)
    • Ido: avancar

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    Verb

    avanzare

    1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of avanzar