-ança

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin -antia. Doublet of -ància, a learned or semi-learned form. === Suffix === -ança f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ances) -ance (a state) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== -ença -cia == Galician == === Etymology === From -anza, influenced by Portuguese -ança. === Suffix === -ança f (noun-forming suffix, plural -anças, reintegrationist norm) reintegrationist spelling of -anza ‎juntar (“to assemble, to meet”) + ‎-ança → ‎juntança (“meeting”) == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese -ança, from Latin -antia. Doublet of -ância. Cognate of Spanish -anza, French -ance and Italian -anza. === Suffix === -ança f (noun-forming suffix, plural -anças) -ance (a state) a particularly excessive or overindulgent state, as in festança and comilança ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== -ença === Further reading === “-ança”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026