avance

/aˈβanse/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los avances

Meaning

  1. advance

    • Hubo un gran avance médico.

      There was a major medical advance.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

mejora

Close — "an advance" can mean "an improvement."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

avanço

avanço is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "advance."

Practice

1 What does avance mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hubo un gran ___ médico.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches avance?

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