heypolyglot
Italian

avvantaggiare

/av.van.tadˈdʒa.re/verbC1
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Meaning

to benefit, favor

  • to give an advantage to someone or something
  • (reflexive, avvantaggiarsi) to gain an advantage or make early progress

In a sentence

La nuova riforma fiscale potrebbe avvantaggiare le piccole imprese locali.

The new tax reform could benefit small local businesses.

Questa decisione non avvantaggia affatto la nostra squadra nella competizione.

This decision does not benefit our team in the competition at all.

Ho finito i compiti oggi per avvantaggiarmi nel fine settimana.

I finished the homework today to get ahead for the weekend.

Word forms (48)
WordWord forms
avvantaggiareinfinitive
avvantaggioindicative · present · singular · 1st person
avvantaggiindicative · present · singular · 2nd person
avvantaggiaindicative · present · singular · 3rd person
avvantaggiamoindicative · present · plural · 1st person
avvantaggiateindicative · present · plural · 2nd person
avvantaggianoindicative · present · plural · 3rd person
avvantaggiavoindicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person
avvantaggiaviindicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
avvantaggiavaindicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
avvantaggiavamoindicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person
avvantaggiavateindicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
avvantaggiavanoindicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
avvantaggiaiindicative · past · singular · 1st person
avvantaggiastiindicative · past · singular · 2nd person
avvantaggiòindicative · past · singular · 3rd person
avvantaggiammoindicative · past · plural · 1st person
avvantaggiasteindicative · past · plural · 2nd person
avvantaggiaronoindicative · past · plural · 3rd person
avvantaggeròindicative · future · singular · 1st person
avvantaggeraiindicative · future · singular · 2nd person
avvantaggeràindicative · future · singular · 3rd person
avvantaggeremoindicative · future · plural · 1st person
avvantaggereteindicative · future · plural · 2nd person
avvantaggerannoindicative · future · plural · 3rd person
avvantaggisubjunctive · present · singular · 1st person
avvantaggisubjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person
avvantaggisubjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person
avvantaggiamosubjunctive · present · plural · 1st person
avvantaggiatesubjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person
avvantagginosubjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person
avvantaggiassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person
avvantaggiassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
avvantaggiassesubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
avvantaggiassimosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person
avvantaggiastesubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
avvantaggiasserosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
avvantaggereiconditional · present · singular · 1st person
avvantaggeresticonditional · present · singular · 2nd person
avvantaggerebbeconditional · present · singular · 3rd person
avvantaggeremmoconditional · present · plural · 1st person
avvantaggeresteconditional · present · plural · 2nd person
avvantaggerebberoconditional · present · plural · 3rd person
avvantaggiaimperative · singular · 2nd person
avvantaggiamoimperative · plural · 1st person
avvantaggiateimperative · plural · 2nd person
avvantaggiandogerund
avvantaggiatopast · participle

Usage notes

  • Takes 'avere' in transitive uses, and 'essere' in the reflexive form 'avvantaggiarsi'.

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