avançarão

Avançarão is the third-person plural future indicative form of the Portuguese verb avançar, meaning they will advance or they will move forward. It is used in both European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese to indicate a future action by a plural subject, including the pronoun vocês in Brazilian usage.

Conjugation and related forms: avancar is a regular -ar verb. Future indicative forms include eu avançarei, tu avançarás, ele/ela avançará, nós avançaremos, vós avançareis, eles/elas avançarão. Present indicative forms are eu avanço, tu avanças, ele avança, nós avançamos, vós avançais, eles avançam. Other common tenses include imperfect avançava/avançavam, imperfect subjunctive se eu avançasse, and future subjunctive quando eu avançar.

Usage notes: avançar can be used literally, as in "O trem avançará" (the train will move forward), or figuratively, such as "avançar com o projeto" (to proceed with the project) or "avançar no tema" (to make progress on a topic). The form avançarão appears in formal writing and in spoken Portuguese when the subject is a plural.

Etymology: avançar is cognate with related Romance-language verbs such as Spanish avanzar and French avancer, all denoting movement forward. In Portuguese, the meaning emphasizes progression, forward motion, or development in both physical and metaphorical senses.