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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

adiantamento

Pronunciation / Transliteration: adjiwtaˈmẽtu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Advance/ədˈvæns/
verbnounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #850 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele pediu um adiantamento do salário deste mês."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A payment made before it is due or for goods and services before they are received.

    "She requested a salary advance to cover unexpected medical expenses."
As verb
  1. 1

    To move forward in a forward or upward direction, or to make progress.

    "Technology continues to advance at an unprecedented pace."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French 'avancer', originating from the Vulgar Latin *abantare, formed from the Latin phrase 'ab ante' meaning 'from before' or 'in front'. Over centuries, the term evolved from indicating physical forward movement into conceptual, financial, and technological progress.

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