Feminine

substância

Meaning

  1. (feminine) substance; physical matter
  2. (feminine) substance (the essential part of anything)
  3. (feminine) the power to influence others or to be groundbreaking

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/su.bisˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“stand under; exist”), from sub + stō (“stand”). Possibly a doublet of sustância/sustança.

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