mainça

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *manitia, from Latin manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈĩ.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈĩ.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈĩ.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈĩ.sɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ĩ.sɐ/
• Rhymes: -ĩsɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧in‧ça

Noun

mainça f (plural mainças)

1. bunch; handful
2. lower spindle end

Related terms

• maúça

References

• “mainça” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “mainça” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.