substância

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See also: substancia, and substància

Galician

Noun

substância f (plural substâncias, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of substancia

Further reading

  • “substância” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

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/
    • (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)

  1. substance; physical matter
    Synonym: matéria
  2. substance (the essential part of anything)
    Synonyms: conteúdo, essência
  3. (of an idea or concept) the power to influence others or to be groundbreaking
    Synonym: força

Derived terms

Further reading

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