-ança

Inherited from Latin -antia. Doublet of -ància, a learned or semi-learned form.

-ança f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ances)

1. -ance (a state)

• -ença
• -cia

From -anza, influenced by Portuguese -ança.

-ança f (noun-forming suffix, plural -anças, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of -anza

   ‎juntar (“to assemble, to meet”) + ‎-ança → ‎juntança (“meeting”)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ança, from Latin -antia. Doublet of -ância. Cognate of Spanish -anza, French -ance and Italian -anza.

-ança f (noun-forming suffix, plural -anças)

1. -ance (a state)
   1. a particularly excessive or overindulgent state, as in festança and comilança

• -ença