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lança.

lance, spear (long stick with a sharp tip)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɐ̃.sɐ/Brazil/ˈlɐ̃.sɐ/Portugal
  1. lance, spear (long stick with a sharp tip)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese lança, from Latin lancea, from Celtiberian [Term?]. Cognate of English lance and launch, Galician and Spanish lanza, Catalan llança, Occitan lança, French lance and Italian lancia.

noun/ˈlɐ̃.sɐ/Brazil/ˈlɐ̃.sɐ/Portugal
  1. langsat (fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Malay langsat.

noun/ˈlɐ̃.sɐ/Brazil/ˈlɐ̃.sɐ/Portugal
  1. clipping of lança-perfume

    Brazil · abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · masculine · slang
verb/ˈlɐ̃.sɐ/Brazil/ˈlɐ̃.sɐ/Portugal
  1. inflection of lançar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of lançar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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