onza

From Spanish onza (“ounce, Spanish ounce”), from separate sources. Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.

onza (plural onzas)

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 28.76 g.
2. (cryptozoology) A cryptid in Mexican folklore said to be similar to a cougar or jaguarundi but especially aggressive.

• (unit of mass): Spanish ounce, ounce (Spanish contexts)
• (cryptid): ounce

• (unit of mass): grano (1/576 onza), tomin (1/48 onza), escrupulo (1/24 onza), adarme (1/16 onza), ochava (⅛ onza), castellano (⅙ onza), cuarteron (4 onzas), marco (8 onzas), libra (16 onzas)

• -zoan, Azon, Zona, zona

From Latin uncia (“unit, 1/12 Roman pound”). As an English unit, a calque of ounce. Cognate with Spanish onza, Portuguese onça, Catalan unça, French once, Italian oncia, and English ounce and inch.

onza f (plural onzas)

1. English or American ounce, a unit of mass equivalent to 28.35 g
2. (historical) onza, Spanish ounce, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 28.76 g

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈonθa/ [ˈõn̟.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈonsa/ [ˈõn.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -onθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -onsa
• Syllabification: on‧za

From Latin uncia (“unit, 1/12 Roman pound”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). As an English unit, a calque of ounce. Cognate with Galician onza, Portuguese onça, Catalan unça, French once, Italian oncia, and English ounce and inch.

onza f (plural onzas)

1. English or American ounce, a unit of mass equivalent to 28.35 g or 31.1 g
2. Clipping of onza líquida, the English or American fluid ounce, a unit of liquid volume equivalent to 28.4 or 29.6 mL
3. (historical) onza, Spanish ounce, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 28.76 g

• (English unit of mass): grano (2/875 or 1/480 onza), libra (16 onzas)
• (English unit of liquid volume): gill (4 onzas), pinta (16 onzas), cuarto (32 onzas), galón (128 onzas), barril (4032 onzas)
• (Spanish unit of mass): grano (1/576 onza), tomín (1/48 onza), escrúpulo (1/24 onza), adarme (1/16 onza), ochava (⅛ onza), castellano (⅙ onza), cuarterón (4 onzas), marco (8 onzas), libra (16 onzas)

From Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”) by false division assuming the l was an article, from Italian lonza, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of l.

onza f (plural onzas)

1. (dated) ounce, any large wild feline
2. Synonym of leopardo de las nieves
3. (Cryptozoology, Mexico) onza, a cryptid feline in Mexican folklore

• “onza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014