avancer
Meanings
Verb
1. to advance, to go forward (intransitive)
2. to progress (intransitive)
3. to bring forward, to advance (transitive)
4. to propose, to put forward (transitive)
5. to move towards, to go up to, to approach (reflexive, ~ vers)
6. to help out somebody by lending them money for a short time (for example because they don't have any cash and the store doesn't take bank cards), to tide someone over (transitive, the recipient is introduced by the preposition à, colloquial)
Examples153
Tu saurais m'avancer cinq euros ? Je te rembourse ça dans dix minutes.
You couldn't lend me five euros, could you? I'll pay you back in ten minutes.
Tom ne voulait pas avancer plus.
Tom didn't want to go any further.
Il vous faut avancer.
You need to move on.
Je pense qu'il est temps pour moi d'avancer.
I think it's time for me to move on.
Avance et fais place aux autres gens !
Move ahead and make room for the others.
Avance et fais place aux autres !
Step forward and make room for others.