balança

See also: balanca, balançà, and Balança

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /bəˈlan.sə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /baˈlan.sa/

Etymology 1

From Late Latin *bilancia, from Latin bilanx, from bi- (see Latin bis) and lanx.

Noun

balança f (plural balances)

balance
scales
Libra (Zodiac sign)

Related terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

balança

third-person singular present indicative form of balançar
second-person singular imperative form of balançar

Further reading

“balança” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Verb

balança

third-person singular past historic of balancer

Portuguese

balança

Etymology

From Late Latin *bilancia, from Latin bilanx, from bi- (see Latin bis) and lanx.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ˈlɐ̃.sɐ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.ˈlɐ̃.sa/
Hyphenation: ba‧lan‧ça

Noun

balança f (plural balanças)

balance
scales (device for weighing goods for sale)

Derived terms

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