onça
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[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin uncia (“twelfth part, trifle”), from ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).
[edit] Noun
onça f. (plural onças)
- ounce [28.3495 g mass; 29.573 ml volume (US) or 28.4 ml (UK)]
[edit] Etymology 2
From Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lunks), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“to shine, bright, to see”).
[edit] Noun
onça f. (plural onças)
- jaguar (Panthera onca)
- (regional, Angola) leopard (Panthera pardus)
[edit] Synonyms
- (jaguar): jaguar, onça-pintada
- (leopard): pantera, leopardo
