distância

See also: distancia, distanciá, distancià, and distància

Galician

Noun

distância f (plural distâncias, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of distancia

References

  • “distância” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin distantia. By surface analysis, distar +‎ -ância.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiʃˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [d͡ʒiʃˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒiʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.si.a/ [d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.sja/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /diʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/

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  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃siɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ɐ̃sjɐ
  • Hyphenation: dis‧tân‧ci‧a

Noun

distância f (plural distâncias)

  1. distance (space between two points, two places or two objects)
    • 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 9:
      [...] a poucos metros de distância [...]
      [...] from few meters of distance [...]
    • 2013, Carlos Sérgio Rodrigues, Anamnesis, Leya, →ISBN, pages 30–31:
      Um vulto encontrava-se dentro do carro. Daquela distância, Diana tentou perceber quem seria a companhia — nos dedos da catraia não brilhava nenhum anel de ouro, por isso seria namorado, acompanhante, amigo colorido, ou outras novidades que os miúdos inventam.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. timelapse between two moments; interval
  3. separation; remoteness
  4. detachment
  5. longitude

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