instância

See also: instancia and instància

Galician

Noun

instância f (plural instâncias, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of instancia

Further reading

• “instância”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin īnstantia (“perseverance”). By surface analysis, instar +‎ -ância.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩsˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [ĩsˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩsˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩsˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [ĩsˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩsˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩʃˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [ĩʃˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩsˈtɐ̃.si.a/ [ĩsˈtɐ̃.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ĩsˈtɐ̃.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/

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

Noun

instância f (plural instâncias)

1. instance; urgency

   Synonym: urgência

2. perseverance; insistence

   Synonyms: insistência, perseverança, persistência, pertinácia, constância

   Antonyms: desistência, inconstância

3. jurisdiction (power to exercise authority)

   Synonyms: foro, jurisdição

4. (computing) instance (a created object in object-oriented programing)

Holonyms

• (created object): objeto, classe

Related terms

• instanciar

Further reading

• “instância”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026