French

Verb

lança

1. third-person singular past historic of lacer

Anagrams

• canal

Portuguese

lanças

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lança, from Latin lancea, from Celtiberian. Cognate of English lance and launch, Galician lanza, Spanish lanza, Catalan llança, Occitan lança, French lance and Italian lancia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐ̃.sa/, /ˈlɐ̃.sɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐ̃.sɐ/
• Hyphenation: lan‧ça

Noun

lança f (plural lanças)

1. lance, spear (long stick with a sharp tip)

Related terms

• lançar

Noun

lança m (plural lanças)

1. (Brazil, slang) Short for lança-perfume.

Verb

lança

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of lançar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of lançar