avanzare

See also: avanzaré

Italian

Alternative forms

• avvanzare (obsolete)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from Classical Latin ab + ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vanˈt͡sa.re/
• 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 Template:+preo [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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avanzàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	avanzàre
auxiliary verb		èssere1, avére2	gerund		avanzàndo
present participle		avanzànte	past participle		avanzàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	avànzo	avànzi	avànza	avanziàmo	avanzàte	avànzano
imperfect	avanzàvo	avanzàvi	avanzàva	avanzavàmo	avanzavàte	avanzàvano
past historic	avanzài	avanzàsti	avanzò	avanzàmmo	avanzàste	avanzàrono
future	avanzerò	avanzerài	avanzerà	avanzerémo	avanzeréte	avanzerànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	avanzerèi	avanzerésti	avanzerèbbe, avanzerébbe	avanzerémmo	avanzeréste	avanzerèbbero, avanzerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	avànzi	avànzi	avànzi	avanziàmo	avanziàte	avànzino
imperfect	avanzàssi	avanzàssi	avanzàsse	avanzàssimo	avanzàste	avanzàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		avànza	avànzi	avanziàmo	avanzàte	avànzino
negative imperative		non avanzàre	non avànzi	non avanziàmo	non avanzàte	non avànzino

¹Intransitive.
²Transitive, also intransitive meaning "to advance".

Derived terms

Derived terms

• avanzo
• avanzamento
• avanzarsi
• avanzata
• avanzato

Descendants

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

Further reading

• avanzare¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• avanzare² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• avanzerà

Spanish

Verb

avanzare

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