vantaxe

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century (avantaje). Borrowed from Old French avantage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [βanˈtaʃɪ]

Noun

vantaxe f (plural vantaxes)

1. edge, advantage
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 108:

     Et quẽ en sua terra esta tem moy grande avantage dos que estam de fora ca todo õme que se defende de sua villa dobla se lle sẽpre a força contra todos los que veem de fora.

     And the ones that are in their country have a very large advantage over those that are outside, because every man who defends his city always doubles his strength against everyone who comes from outside

2. profit, gain

   Synonym: proveito

Derived terms

• avantaxar

References

• “vantagem” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “avanta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “auanta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “vantaxe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “vantaxe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vantaxe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.