dança

See also: Danca, danča, and dân ca

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese dança, from Frankish *dansōn (“draw, pull, gesture”), from *dinsan (“to move, tear”), from Proto-Germanic *þansōną (“to stretch out”), from Proto-Germanic *þinsaną (“to stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-s, *tenw(ə)- (“to pull”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐ̃.sa/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐ̃.sɐ/
Hyphenation: dan‧ça

Noun

dança f (plural danças)

dance (movements to music)

Synonyms

baile

Derived terms

dança do ventre

Related terms

contradança
coreografia
dançadeira
dançador

dançante
dançar
dançarino
danceteria

Spanish

Noun

dança f (plural danças)

Obsolete spelling of danza

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