onça

See also: onca and ONCA

Portuguese

Uma onça (jaguar).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈõ.sɐ/
• Hyphenation: on‧ça

Etymology 1

From Latin uncia (“twelfth part; trifle”), from ūnus (“one”).

Noun

onça f (plural onças)

1. ounce (a unit of weight equivalent to 28.3495g)
2. (historical) a gold coin weighing approximately an ounce

Etymology 2

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

onça f (plural onças)

1. jaguar (Panthera onca, a feline of the Americas)
2. (Angola) leopard (Panthera pardus, a feline of Africa and Asia)

Synonyms

• (jaguar): jaguar, onça-pintada
• (leopard): pantera, leopardo

Derived terms

• amigo da onça
• cutucar a onça com vara curta

Related terms

• lince