balança

See also: balanca, balançà, and Balança

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin *bilancia, from Latin bilanx, from bi- (see Latin bis) and lanx.

Noun

balança f (plural balances)

  1. balance
  2. scales
  3. Libra (Zodiac sign)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

balança

  1. inflection of balançar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

balança

  1. third-person singular past historic of balancer

Galician

Noun

balança f (plural balanças, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of balanza

Further reading

  • balança” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈlɐ̃.sɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈlɐ̃.sa/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lan‧ça

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin *bilancia, from Latin bilanx, from bi- (see Latin bis) and lanx.

Noun

balança f (plural balanças)

  1. balance
  2. scales (device for weighing goods for sale)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

balança

  1. inflection of balançar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading