ciclo
Portuguese, noun/ˈsi.klu/
ciclo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a series of repeating events” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualquer série de ocorrências que se repete”.
What does ciclo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea series of repeating events
- 2
masculinecycle (complete rotation)
- 3
masculinea level of pre-university education
primeiro ciclo
prefix
- 1
cyclo- (relating to or being a circle)
- 2
cyclo- (relating to or being a cycle)
- 3
cyclo- (relating to or being a cyclic compound)
- 4
relating to bicycles
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualquer série de ocorrências que se repete 2. série de anos (ou qualquer outro período de tempo) em que determinados eventos se repetem na mesma ordem e com o mesmo intervalo 3. qualquer longo período de anos; era 4. grupo de poemas, dramas ou prosa narrativa com um tema ou figura central
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 ciclo
- ciclos plural
- cyclo alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ciclo?
- Brazil /ˈsi.klu/
- Portugal /ˈsi.klu/
- Portugal /ˈsi.kɨ.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ciclo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ciclo in Portuguese?
ciclo appears 34 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).