sustância
Portuguese, noun/susˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
sustância is spelled S-U-S-T-Â-N-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 110,210th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sustância is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nourishment (something that nourishes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sustância mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenourishment (something that nourishes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of sustância
- sustâncias plural
- sustança alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sustância?
- Brazil /susˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
- /suʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
- Portugal /suʃˈtɐ̃.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 sustância
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sustância in Portuguese?
sustância appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).