avansa

See also: avansă

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• avansá (Barlavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese avançar.

Verb

avansa

1. (Sotavento) advance

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012), Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Late 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

Late 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 avancerbor.

Romanian avansa

Borrowed from French avancer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vanˈsa/

Verb

a avansa (third-person singular present avansează, past participle avansat, third-person subjunctive avanseze) 1st conjugation

1. (intransitive) to advance, to progress

   Synonym: progresa

2. (transitive, formal) to put forward
3. (transitive) to promote (raise to a higher rank)

   Synonym: înainta

   Antonym: retrograda

4. (transitive) to advance (make an advance payment)

Conjugation

    conjugation of avansa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a avansa
gerund			avansând
past participle			avansat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	avansez	avansezi	avansează	avansăm	avansați	avansează
	imperfect	avansam	avansai	avansa	avansam	avansați	avansau
	simple perfect	avansai	avansași	avansă	avansarăm	avansarăți	avansară
	pluperfect	avansasem	avansaseși	avansase	avansaserăm	avansaserăți	avansaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să avansez	să avansezi	să avanseze	să avansăm	să avansați	să avanseze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		avansează			avansați
	negative		nu avansa			nu avansați

Further reading

• “avansa”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026