Meaning
to advance, to proceed (to move forward)
- to advance, to move forward
- to be left over, to remain
- to make progress
- to put forward (a proposal, request)
In a sentence
Possiamo avanzare un po' più in fretta?
Can we move forward a bit faster?
Con questo progetto, l'azienda ha avanzato molto.
With this project, the company made a lot of progress.
Il tavolo avanza troppo nel corridoio.
The table sticks out too much into the hallway.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| avanzare | infinitive |
| avanziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| avanzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| avanzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| avanzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| avanzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| avanza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| avanzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| avanzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| avanzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| avanzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| avanzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| avanzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| avanzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| avanzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| avanzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| avanzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| avanzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| avanzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| avanzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| avanzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| avanzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| avanzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| avanzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| avanzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| avanziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| avanzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| avanziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| avanzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| avanzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| avanzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| avanzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| avanzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| avanzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| avanzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| avanzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| avanzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| avanzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| avanzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| avanzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| avanzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| avanzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| avanzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| avanziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| avanzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| avanza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| avanzando | gerund |
| avanzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For physical movement, avanzare is less common than andare avanti or procedere in everyday speech; it can sound more formal or narrative.
- Use avere in compound tenses when transitive (ha avanzato una proposta), but often essere when intransitive movement is meant (è avanzato lentamente).
- Avanzare also commonly means 'to put forward' ideas or requests: avanzare un'ipotesi, una proposta, una richiesta.