Portuguese

Uma onça (jaguar).

Noun

onça f (plural onças)

1. ounce (a unit of weight equivalent to 28.3495g)
2. (historical) a gold coin weighing approximately an ounce

Etymology 2

From Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin *luncea, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ ‎(lúnx), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- ‎(“to shine, bright, to see”).

Noun

onça f (plural onças)

1. jaguar (Panthera onca, a feline of the Americas)
2. (Angola) leopard (Panthera pardus, a feline of Africa and Asia)

Synonyms

• (jaguar): jaguar, onça-pintada
• (leopard): pantera, leopardo

Derived terms

• amigo da onça

Related terms

• lince