English Explanatory Dictionary

onça

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g.

Word forms

onça onças onca

Etymology

From Portuguese onça, from Latin uncia (“unit, ¹⁄₁₂ pound”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of ounce, inch, onza, oka, ouguiya, awqiyyah, and uncia

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