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distância

Portuguese, noun

distância is spelled D-I-S-T-Â-N-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears 72 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,337th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distância is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “distance (space between two points, two places or two objects)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, distancia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “medida da separação de dois pontos”.

What does distância mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedistance (space between two points, two places or two objects)

  2. 2

    femininetimelapse between two moments; interval

  3. 3

    feminineseparation; remoteness

  4. 4

    femininedetachment

  5. 5

    femininelongitude

noun

as distancia
  1. 1

    femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of distância

verb

as distancia
  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. medida da separação de dois pontos 2. o ato ou efeito de duas entidades estarem separadas no espaço 3. extensão linear de espaço 4. separação ou diferença em relação a algo

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of distância

  • distancias plural
  • distâncias plural
  • distancia alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to distância

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is distância in Portuguese?

distância appears 72 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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