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avanzar

to advance

verb ah-bahn-SAHR Less Common
Travel & Places Movement

Also means

to move forward

Usage Note

Avanzar covers both literal movement forward and figurative progress: avanzar en la carrera (to advance in one's career). The opposite is retroceder. Note that the -zar ending triggers a spelling change in the preterite first person: avancé, not avanzé, to preserve the soft 's' sound before e.

Examples

"El equipo avanzó a la final."

Natural Translation

The team advanced to the final.

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