distância

See also: distancia, distanciá, distancià, and distància

Portuguese

Alternative forms

distancia (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distantia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiʃˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [d͡ʒiʃˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒiʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.si.a/ [d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒisˈtɐ̃.sja/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /diʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃sjɐ, -ɐ̃siɐ
Hyphenation: dis‧tân‧ci‧a

Noun

distância f (plural distâncias)

distance (space between two points, two places or two objects)
- 2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 9:
  [...] a poucos metros de distância [...]
  [...] from few meters of distance [...]
timelapse between two moments; interval
separation; remoteness
detachment
longitude

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:distância.

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