balanza

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• IPA^(key): /baˈlanθa/
• IPA^(key): /baˈlansa/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: ba‧lan‧za
• Rhymes: -anθa

balanza f (plural balanzas)

1. balance (measuring device)

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “balanza”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

• balança (reintegrationist)

• Hyphenation: ba‧lan‧za

balanza f (plural balanzas)

1. balance (measuring device)

• “balanza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from Medieval Latin balantia, from Latin bilanx. Compare English balance.

• IPA^(key): /baˈlanθa/ [baˈlãn̟.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /baˈlansa/ [baˈlãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -anθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ba‧lan‧za

balanza f (plural balanzas)

1. balance, scale (device used to measure weight)

   Synonym: báscula

2. (figuratively) comparative estimate, judgment
3. (astronomy, constellations) Libra

   Synonym: Libra

• balance

• “balanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024