balanço
See also: balanco
Catalan edit
Verb edit
balanço
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
- Hyphenation: ba‧lan‧ço
Etymology 1 edit
From balança (“scales”), from Old Galician-Portuguese balança, from Late Latin bilancia, from Latin bilanx (“having two scales”), from bi- + lanx.
Noun edit
balanço m (plural balanços)
- swing (hanging seat)
- sway (swaying motion)
- (music, informal) rhythm (variation of strong and weak elements of sounds)
- Synonym: ritmo
- O balanço dessa música é bom para dançar.
- This song’s rhythm is good for dancing.
- a scrupulous examination
- (accounting) balance (list accounting for debits and credits)
- equilibrium (condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced)
- Synonym: equilíbrio
Derived terms edit
- balancinho (diminutive), balançozinho (diminutive)
- balanção (augmentative)
- balanço-d’água
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- →? Japanese: ブランコ (buranko)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
balanço