-ença
Portuguese, suffix
-ença is spelled E-N-Ç-A (4 letters). -ença is a Portuguese feminine suffix meaning “forms nouns, from verbs, indicating a state or condition; -ence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação, estado, qualidade”.
What does -ença mean in English?
suffix
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feminineforms nouns, from verbs, indicating a state or condition; -ence
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. ação, estado, qualidade
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.