substância

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See also: substancia and substància

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin substantia (substance, essence), from substāns, present active participle of substō (stand under; exist), from sub + stō (stand). Cognate of sustância, sustança (sustenance).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌsubs.ˈtɐ̃.si.a/, /ˌsubs.ˈtɐ̃.sja/, /ˌsu.bis.ˈtɐ̃.si.a/, /ˌsu.bis.ˈtɐ̃.sja/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "PT" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /subʃ.ˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
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  • Hyphenation: subs‧tân‧ci‧a

Noun

substância f (plural s)

  1. substance; physical matter
  2. substance (the essential part of anything)
  3. (of an idea or concept) the power to influence others or to be groundbreaking

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