avancer
Meaning
- (intransitive) to advance, to go forward
- (intransitive) to progress
- (transitive) to bring forward, to advance
- (transitive) to propose, to put forward
- (reflexive) to move towards, to go up to, to approach
- (colloquial, transitive) to help out somebody by lending them money for a short time (for example because they don't have any cash and the store doesn't take bank cards), to tide someone over
Concepts
go forward
make progress
be fast
be early
Synonyms
être en avance
être précoce
être tôt
s’approcher
s’avancer
faire progresser
se porter en avant
faire avancer
être avant
être devant
se mouvoir
se passer
se porter
aller de l’avant
être en mouvement
le temps passe
s’allonger
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.vɑ̃.se/
Etymology
In summary
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Late Latin ab ante Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Vulgar Latin *abanteāre Old French avancier Middle French advancer French avancer Inherited from Middle French advancer, from Old French avancier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante.
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