Galician

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Etymology

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Either from a- +‎ vantaxe +‎ -ar, o borrowed directly from French avantager.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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avantaxar (first-person singular present avantaxo, first-person singular preterite avantaxei, past participle avantaxado)

  1. to improve, progress
    Synonym: avantar
  2. to excel
  3. to advantage

Conjugation

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References

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  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “avanta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • avantaxar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • avantaxar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • avantaxar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.