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aventajar

Spanish, verb/abentaˈxaɾ/

aventajar is spelled A-V-E-N-T-A-J-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 129,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aventajar is a Spanish verb meaning “to surpass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Adelantar, poner en mejor estado, conceder alguna ventaja o preeminencia”.

What does aventajar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to surpass

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Adelantar, poner en mejor estado, conceder alguna ventaja o preeminencia. 2. Anteponer, preferir. 3. Mejorar el estado de algo.

verb: 1. Sacarle una ventaja a alguien.

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 aventajar

  • aventajo first-person present singular
  • aventajé first-person preterite singular
  • aventajado participle past
  • aventajando gerund
  • aventajada feminine participle past
  • aventajados masculine participle past
  • aventajadas feminine participle past
  • aventajas indicative informal present
  • aventajás indicative informal present
  • aventaja indicative present singular
  • aventajamos first-person indicative plural
  • aventajáis indicative plural present
  • aventajan indicative plural present
  • aventajaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • aventajabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • aventajábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • aventajabais imperfect indicative plural
  • aventajaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce aventajar?

  • /abentaˈxaɾ/
  • [a.β̞ẽn̪.t̪aˈxaɾ]
  • [aβ̞ẽn̪t̪aˈxaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to aventajar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is aventajar in Spanish?

aventajar appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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