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Verb
balanço
- first-person singular present indicative of balançar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
- Hyphenation: ba‧lan‧ço
Etymology 1
From balança (“scales”), from Old Galician-Portuguese balança, from Late Latin bilancia, from Latin bilanx (“having two scales”), from bi- + lanx.
Noun
balanço m (plural balanços)
- swing (hanging seat)
- Synonyms: baloiço, balouço
Crianças gostam de brincar no balanço do parque.- Children like to play in the park’s swing.
- sway (swaying motion)
- Synonyms: oscilação, vaivém
O balanço do barco é enjoativo.- The boat’s sway is nauseating.
- (music, informal) rhythm (variation of strong and weak elements of sounds)
- Synonym: ritmo
O balanço dessa música é bom para dançar.- This song’s rhythm is good for dancing.
- a scrupulous examination
- Synonyms: análise, avaliação
Fizeram um balanço da economia.- They did a scrupulous examination of the economy.
- (accounting) balance (list accounting for debits and credits)
- equilibrium (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced)
- Synonym: equilíbrio
Derived terms
Descendants
- →? Japanese: ブランコ (buranko)
Etymology 2
Verb
balanço
- first-person singular present indicative of balançar