abanse

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Adjective

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abanse (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

  1. (colloquial) stolen; taken surreptitiously
    Synonyms: umit, nakaw

Further reading

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