onça
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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, 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)
- jaguar (Panthera onca, a feline of the Americas)
- (Angola) leopard (Panthera pardus, a feline of Africa and Asia)
Synonyms[edit]
- (jaguar): jaguar, onça-pintada
- (leopard): pantera, leopardo
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
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