ganância
Portuguese, noun/ɡaˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/
ganância is spelled G-A-N-Â-N-C-I-A (8 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,306th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ganância is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “greed, greediness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ambição de ganho”.
What does ganância mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegreed, greediness
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ambição de ganho 2. ganho ilícito 3. usura 4. onzena
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 ganância
- ganâncias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ganância?
- Brazil /ɡaˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/
- Portugal /ɡɐˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ganância
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ganância in Portuguese?
ganância appears 4.0 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).