abanse

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish avance (“advance; progress”), deverbal from avanzar, from Catalan avançar, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbanse/ [ʔɐˈbaːn.sɛ]
• Rhymes: -anse
• Syllabification: a‧ban‧se

Noun

abanse (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. advance; moving forward

   Synonym: sulong

2. promotion (in one's job, etc.)

   Synonym: asenso

3. progress

   Synonyms: asenso, pag-unlad, progreso, adelanto

4. (colloquial) act of stealing something
5. (colloquial) something stolen or taken surreptitiously

Derived terms

• abansehan
• abansehin
• iabanse
• umabanse

 

Related terms

• abante
• miting de-abanse

 

Adjective

abanse (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. (colloquial) stolen; taken surreptitiously

   Synonyms: umit, nakaw

Further reading

• “abanse”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018