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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin uncia (“twelfth part; trifle”), from ūnus (“one”).
Noun[edit]
onça f (plural onças)
- ounce (a unit of weight equivalent to 28.3495g)
- (historical) a gold coin weighing approximately an ounce
Etymology 2[edit]
From Italian lonza (leopard or lynx), from Vulgar Latin *luncea, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“to shine, bright, to see”).
Noun[edit]
onça f (plural onças)
- (Brazil) jaguar (Panthera onca, a feline of Latin America)
- Synonyms: jaguar, onça-pintada
- (Angola) leopard (Panthera pardus, a feline of Africa and Asia)
- (less commonly) cougar (Puma concolor, a pan-American feline)
- Synonyms: onça-parda, suçuarana, leão-baio, leão-da-montanha
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