Polyglot Dictionary

onça

/ˈõsɐ/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as onças

Meaning

  1. jaguar, ounce

    • A onça caçou.

      The jaguar hunted.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

pantera

Worth distinguishing: jaguars (onça) and panthers (pantera) are similar big cats often confused; note onça separately means "ounce," unrelated.

Similar in other languages

English

panther

Close — a jaguar relates to a panther.

Practice

1 What does onça mean?

2 Fill the gap: A ___ caçou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches onça?

noun

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