cincha
Spanish, noun
cincha is spelled C-I-N-C-H-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cincha is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “girth (for horses or similar animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cinchar. With an accent, cinchá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of cinchar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Faja de cáñamo, lana, cerda, cuero o esparto, con que se asegura la silla o albarda a la cabalgadura…”.
What does cincha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegirth (for horses or similar animals)
- 2
femininesling
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of cinchar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Faja de cáñamo, lana, cerda, cuero o esparto, con que se asegura la silla o albarda a la cabalgadura, ciñéndola por debajo de la barriga y apretándola con una o más hebillas.
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 cincha
- cinchas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cincha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cincha in Spanish?
cincha appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).