"onça" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈõ.sɐ/ Forms: onças [plural]
Etymology: From Latin uncia (“unit, ¹⁄₁₂ pound”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). As an English unit, a semantic loan of English ounce. Cognate with Galician and Spanish onza, Catalan unça, French once, and English ounce and inch. Etymology templates: {{frac|12}} ¹⁄₁₂, {{inh|pt|la|uncia||unit, <small>¹<big>⁄</big>₁₂</small> pound}} Latin uncia (“unit, ¹⁄₁₂ pound”), {{der|pt|ine-pro|*óynos||one}} Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”), {{der|pt|en|ounce}} English ounce, {{cog|gl|-}} Galician, {{cog|es|onza}} Spanish onza, {{cog|ca|unça}} Catalan unça, {{cog|fr|once}} French once, {{cog|en|ounce}} English ounce Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} onça f (plural onças)
  1. English or American ounce, a unit of mass equal to 28.35 g Tags: feminine Coordinate_terms (English unit of mass): libra (16 onças)
    Sense id: en-onça-pt-noun-mx1RB2Zg Categories (other): Units of measure Disambiguation of Units of measure: 14 12 16 15 15 15 13 Disambiguation of 'English unit of mass': 54 40 7
  2. (historical) onça, Portuguese ounce, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g Tags: feminine, historical Coordinate_terms (Portuguese unit of mass): grão (1⁄576 onça), vintém (1⁄256 onça), quilate (1⁄144 onça), escrópulo (1⁄24 onça), oitava (1⁄8 onça), quarta (4 onças), marco (8 onças), libra (alt: usually 12 onças), arrátel (16 onças)
    Sense id: en-onça-pt-noun-bTv59l8p Categories (other): Units of measure Disambiguation of Units of measure: 14 12 16 15 15 15 13 Disambiguation of 'Portuguese unit of mass': 24 48 28
  3. (historical) onça, ounce, a former gold coin weighing one Portuguese ounce Tags: feminine, historical
    Sense id: en-onça-pt-noun-n930pKrG Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese undefined derivations, Coins, Units of measure Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 3 18 23 17 13 12 13 Disambiguation of Portuguese undefined derivations: 2 25 32 14 9 7 10 Disambiguation of Coins: 6 6 22 20 14 16 16 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 14 12 16 15 15 15 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): England Disambiguation of England: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈõ.sɐ/ Forms: onças [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Compare Catalan onça, French once. Doublet of lince. Etymology templates: {{bor|pt|it|lonza}} Italian lonza, {{uder|pt|VL.|*luncea}} Vulgar Latin *luncea, {{uder|pt|la|lynx}} Latin lynx, {{uder|pt|grc|λύγξ}} Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), {{uder|pt|ine-pro|*leuk-||to shine, bright, to see}} Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“to shine, bright, to see”), {{cog|ca|onça}} Catalan onça, {{cog|fr|once}} French once, {{doublet|pt|lince}} Doublet of lince Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} onça f (plural onças)
  1. (Brazil) jaguar (Panthera onca, a feline of Latin America) Tags: Brazil, feminine Synonyms: jaguar, onça-pintada
    Sense id: en-onça-pt-noun-BYCZWRMq Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese, Coins, Panthers, United Kingdom, United States, Units of measure Disambiguation of Coins: 6 6 22 20 14 16 16 Disambiguation of Panthers: 3 1 7 28 30 20 12 Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 10 10 14 25 17 15 10 Disambiguation of United States: 6 7 10 46 12 12 8 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 14 12 16 15 15 15 13
  2. (Angola) leopard (Panthera pardus, a feline of Africa and Asia) Tags: Angola, feminine Synonyms: pantera, leopardo
    Sense id: en-onça-pt-noun-OKX17QRM Categories (other): Angolan Portuguese, Coins, Panthers, Units of measure Disambiguation of Coins: 6 6 22 20 14 16 16 Disambiguation of Panthers: 3 1 7 28 30 20 12 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 14 12 16 15 15 15 13
  3. (less commonly) cougar (Puma concolor, a pan-American feline) Tags: feminine, uncommon Synonyms: onça-parda, suçuarana, leão-baio, leão-da-montanha
    Sense id: en-onça-pt-noun-xfxKQVwQ Categories (other): Coins, Panthers, Units of measure Disambiguation of Coins: 6 6 22 20 14 16 16 Disambiguation of Panthers: 3 1 7 28 30 20 12 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 14 12 16 15 15 15 13
  4. (Brazil, slang) a R$50 bill, which bears the image of a jaguar Tags: Brazil, feminine, slang
    Sense id: en-onça-pt-noun-a3kHPK01 Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese, Coins, Panthers, Units of measure Disambiguation of Coins: 6 6 22 20 14 16 16 Disambiguation of Panthers: 3 1 7 28 30 20 12 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 14 12 16 15 15 15 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: amigo da onça, cutucar a onça com vara curta
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): England Disambiguation of England: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "Portuguese unit of mass",
      "word": "quarta (4 onças)"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Portuguese unit of mass",
      "word": "marco (8 onças)"
    },
    {
      "alt": "usually 12 onças",
      "sense": "Portuguese unit of mass",
      "word": "libra"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Portuguese unit of mass",
      "word": "arrátel (16 onças)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "12"
      },
      "expansion": "¹⁄₁₂",
      "name": "frac"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "uncia",
        "4": "",
        "5": "unit, <small>¹<big>⁄</big>₁₂</small> pound"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin uncia (“unit, ¹⁄₁₂ pound”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*óynos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "one"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "ounce"
      },
      "expansion": "English ounce",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "onza"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish onza",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "unça"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan unça",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "once"
      },
      "expansion": "French once",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ounce"
      },
      "expansion": "English ounce",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin uncia (“unit, ¹⁄₁₂ pound”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). As an English unit, a semantic loan of English ounce. Cognate with Galician and Spanish onza, Catalan unça, French once, and English ounce and inch.",
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    {
      "form": "onças",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "onça f (plural onças)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "on‧ça"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "English or American ounce, a unit of mass equal to 28.35 g"
      ],
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        [
          "English",
          "English"
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          "American",
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          "ounce",
          "ounce"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "onça, Portuguese ounce, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g"
      ],
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        [
          "onça",
          "onça#English"
        ],
        [
          "Portuguese",
          "Portuguese"
        ],
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          "ounce",
          "ounce"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) onça, Portuguese ounce, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "onça, ounce, a former gold coin weighing one Portuguese ounce"
      ],
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        [
          "onça",
          "onça#English"
        ],
        [
          "ounce",
          "ounce"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) onça, ounce, a former gold coin weighing one Portuguese ounce"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈõ.sɐ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "onça"
}

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    "Portuguese doublets",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese feminine nouns",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese terms borrowed from Italian",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Italian",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "pt:Panthers",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "amigo da onça"
    },
    {
      "word": "cutucar a onça com vara curta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "lonza"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian lonza",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*luncea"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *luncea",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "lynx"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lynx",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "λύγξ"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leuk-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to shine, bright, to see"
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "onça"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan onça",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "once"
      },
      "expansion": "French once",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "lince"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of lince",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "onças",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
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      "expansion": "onça f (plural onças)",
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "on‧ça"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Brazilian Portuguese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jaguar (Panthera onca, a feline of Latin America)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jaguar",
          "jaguar"
        ],
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          "Panthera onca",
          "Panthera onca#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Brazil) jaguar (Panthera onca, a feline of Latin America)"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "jaguar"
        },
        {
          "word": "onça-pintada"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Angolan Portuguese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "leopard (Panthera pardus, a feline of Africa and Asia)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leopard",
          "leopard"
        ],
        [
          "Panthera pardus",
          "Panthera pardus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Angola) leopard (Panthera pardus, a feline of Africa and Asia)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pantera"
        },
        {
          "word": "leopardo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Angola",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cougar (Puma concolor, a pan-American feline)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cougar",
          "cougar"
        ],
        [
          "Puma concolor",
          "Puma concolor#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(less commonly) cougar (Puma concolor, a pan-American feline)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "onça-parda"
        },
        {
          "word": "suçuarana"
        },
        {
          "word": "leão-baio"
        },
        {
          "word": "leão-da-montanha"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Brazilian Portuguese",
        "Portuguese slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a R$50 bill, which bears the image of a jaguar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bill",
          "bill"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Brazil, slang) a R$50 bill, which bears the image of a jaguar"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈõ.sɐ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "onça"
}

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