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trance

Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾɐ̃.si/

trance is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “trance (a genre of electronic dance music)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of trançar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transe”.

What does trance mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetrance (a genre of electronic dance music)

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-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. transe

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.

How do you pronounce trance?

  • Brazil /ˈtɾɐ̃.si/
  • Portugal /ˈtɾɐ̃.sɨ/

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

How common is trance in Portuguese?

trance appears 1.3 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).