Inherited from Latin -antia. Compare Spanish -anza, Portuguese and Catalan -ança, French -ance.

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -antsa
• Hyphenation: -àn‧za

-anza f (noun-forming suffix, plural -anze)

1. added to nouns and adjectives to indicate a state or condition; -ance; -ancy

   ‎abbondante (“abundant”) + ‎-anza → ‎abbondanza (“abundance”)

   ‎mancante (“lacking”) + ‎-anza → ‎mancanza (“lack”)

   ‎cittadino (“citizen”) + ‎-anza → ‎cittadinanza (“citizenship”)

   ‎lontano (“far”) + ‎-anza → ‎lontananza (“distance, remoteness”)

• -ante
• -enza

• zana

• -ancia

Inherited from Latin -antia. Compare Catalan -ança, Portuguese -ança, French -ance, Italian -anza.

-anza f (noun-forming suffix, plural -anzas)

1. -ance

• “-anza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10