cingalés
Spanish, noun/θinɡaˈles/
cingalés is spelled C-I-N-G-A-L-É-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 117,287th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cingalés is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Sinhalese (person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lengua indoaria, emparentada con el divehi, hablada por esta etnia”.
What does cingalés mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Sinhalese (of the language, ethnicity, person)
- 2
Sri Lankan (of, from or relating to Sri Lanka)
noun
- 1
masculineSinhalese (person)
- 2
masculineSri Lankan (native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka) (usually male)
noun
- 1
masculineSinhalese (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Sri Lanka (ex. Ceilán). 2. Propio de o relativo al grupo étnico mayoritario de esta nación.
noun: 1. Lengua indoaria, emparentada con el divehi, hablada por esta etnia.
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 cingalés
- cingalesa feminine
- cingaleses masculine plural
- cingalesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cingalés?
- /θinɡaˈles/
- [θĩŋ.ɡaˈles]
- /sinɡaˈles/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cingalés
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cingalés in Spanish?
cingalés appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).