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mainça

Portuguese, noun/maˈĩ.sɐ/

mainça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bunch; handful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “punhado, quantidade que pode colher uma mão”.

What does mainça mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebunch; handful

  2. 2

    femininelower spindle end

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. punhado, quantidade que pode colher uma mão

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 mainça

  • mainças plural

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

How do you pronounce mainça?

  • Brazil /maˈĩ.sɐ/
  • Portugal /mɐˈĩ.sɐ/
  • /ˈmɐ̃.ĩ.sɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.