cifra
Spanish, noun
cifra is spelled C-I-F-R-A (5 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,239th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cifra is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “digit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cifrar. With an accent, cifrá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of cifrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dígito numérico”.
What does cifra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedigit
- 2
femininenumber
- 3
feminineamount
- 4
femininecipher; code
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of cifrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dígito numérico. 2. Signo con que se representan números. 3. Cantidad, especialemente de dinero. 4. Escritura codificada mediante una clave.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cifra
- cifras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cifra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cifra in Spanish?
cifra appears 25 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).