usanza
Italian
Etymology
From usare + -anza; cognate with Piedmontese usansa/üsansa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈzan.t͡sa/
- Rhymes: -antsa
- Hyphenation: u‧sàn‧za
Noun
usanza f (plural usanze)
- custom, tradition, (plural) ways
- Synonyms: tradizione, consuetudine
- habit, custom
- Synonyms: abitudine, consuetudine
- trend
- Synonym: moda
- (law) usance, custom
- Synonym: consuetudine
Descendants
- → Armenian: զանցա (zancʻa)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈsanθa/ [uˈsãn̟.θa] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /uˈsansa/ [uˈsãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθa (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: u‧san‧za
Noun
usanza f (plural usanzas)
- usage
- No sé la usanza de la palabra nueva.
- I don't know the usage of the new word.
- custom
- Synonym: costumbre
Derived terms
- a la vieja usanza (“good old-fashioned”) (adjective phrase)
Further reading
- “usanza”, 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