cia.
Portuguese, noun
cia. is spelled C-I-A (3 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,833rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cia. is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “abbreviation of companhia; co” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pássaro da espécie Emberiza cia, de caraterístico desenho na cabeça com riscas negras que a marcam, plumagem…”.
What does cia. mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabbreviation of companhia; co.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pássaro da espécie Emberiza cia, de caraterístico desenho na cabeça com riscas negras que a marcam, plumagem do papo de cor cinza, dorsalmente pardacenta com linhas escuras, e ventralmente arruivada 2. o mesmo que cicia 3. sombria (Anthus arboreus, Bechst) 4. petinha, cioto (Anthus pratensis)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cia.
- cias. plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cia.
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cia. in Portuguese?
cia. appears 22 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).