balanço

See also: balanco

Catalan

Verb

balanço

1. first-person singular present indicative of balançar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlɐ̃.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlɐ̃.su/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
• Hyphenation: ba‧lan‧ço

Etymology 1

From balança (“scales”), from Old Galician-Portuguese balança, from Late Latin bilancia, from Latin bilanx (“having two scales”), from bi- +‎ lanx.

Noun

balanço m (plural balanços, diminutive balancinho or balançozinho, augmentative balanção)

1. swing (hanging seat)

   Synonyms: baloiço, balouço, (Minho) bambão

   Crianças gostam de brincar no balanço do parque.

   Children like to play in the park’s swing.

2. sway (swaying motion)

   Synonyms: oscilação, vaivém

   O balanço do barco é enjoativo. ― The boat’s sway is nauseating.

3. (music, informal) rhythm (variation of strong and weak elements of sounds)

   Synonym: ritmo

   O balanço dessa música é bom para dançar. ― This song’s rhythm is good for dancing.

4. a scrupulous examination

   Synonyms: análise, avaliação

   Fizeram um balanço da economia. ― They did a scrupulous examination of the economy.

5. (accounting) balance (list accounting for debits and credits)
6. equilibrium (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced)

   Synonym: equilíbrio

Derived terms

• balanção (augmentative)
• balancinho (diminutive)
• balanço-d'água
• balançozinho (diminutive)

Related terms

• balança
• balançar

Descendants

• →? Japanese: ぶらんこ / ブランコ (buranko)

Etymology 2

Verb

balanço

1. first-person singular present indicative of balançar

Further reading

• “balanço”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “balanço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026