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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“stand under; exist”), from sub + stō (“stand”). Doublet of sustância and sustança<t:sustenance>.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.bisˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /su.bisˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/, /subsˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /subsˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.bisˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /su.bisˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/, /subsˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /subsˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /su.biʃˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /su.biʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/, /subʃˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /subʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /subsˈtɐ̃.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /subsˈtɐ̃.sja/, /su.bisˈtɐ̃.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /su.bisˈtɐ̃.sja/
- Hyphenation: subs‧tân‧ci‧a
Noun
substância f (plural substâncias)
- substance; physical matter
- Synonym: matéria
- substance (the essential part of anything)
- Synonyms: conteúdo, essência
- (of an idea or concept) the power to influence others or to be groundbreaking
- Synonym: força
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