avanzar
Spanish, verb/abanˈθaɾ/
avanzar is spelled A-V-A-N-Z-A-R (7 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,406th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avanzar is a Spanish verb meaning “to advance (to make (something) happen at an earlier time or date)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mover hacia adelante en el tiempo o en el espacio”.
What does avanzar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to advance (to make (something) happen at an earlier time or date)
- 2
to advance (to move forwards)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mover hacia adelante en el tiempo o en el espacio.
verb: 1. Ir hacia adelante en el tiempo o en el espacio. 2. Hacer progresos en el estado de algo.
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 avanzar
- avanzo first-person present singular
- avancé first-person preterite singular
- avanzado participle past
- c-z alternation
- avanzando gerund
- avanzada feminine participle past
- avanzados masculine participle past
- avanzadas feminine participle past
- avanzas indicative informal present
- avanzás indicative informal present
- avanza indicative present singular
- avanzamos first-person indicative plural
- avanzáis indicative plural present
- avanzan indicative plural present
- avanzaba first-person imperfect indicative
- avanzabas imperfect indicative second-person
- avanzábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- avanzabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avanzar?
- /abanˈθaɾ/
- [a.β̞ãn̟ˈθaɾ]
- /abanˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avanzar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avanzar in Spanish?
avanzar appears 18 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).