avance
Spanish, noun
avance is spelled A-V-A-N-C-E (6 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avance is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “advance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of avanzar. With an accent, avancé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of avanzar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Película de corta duración que anuncia un largometraje antes de su exhibición”.
What does avance mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineadvance
- 2
masculineprogress
- 3
masculineadvance payment
- 4
masculinepreview, trailer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of avanzar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Película de corta duración que anuncia un largometraje antes de su exhibición.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of avance
- avances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to avance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avance in Spanish?
avance appears 28 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).