cidadania
Portuguese, noun/si.da.daˈni.ɐ/
cidadania is spelled C-I-D-A-D-A-N-I-A (9 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cidadania is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “citizenship (state of being a citizen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade ou condição de cidadão”.
What does cidadania mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecitizenship (state of being a citizen)
Tenho cidadania europeia.
- 2
femininecitizenry, i.e. the citizens of a region
A cidadania portuguesa elegeu um novo presidente.
- 3
femininethe exercise of rights and duties attributed to a citizen; civism, civic engagement
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade ou condição de cidadão 2. condição ou dignidade de quem recebe o título honorífico de cidadão 3. condição de pessoa que, como membro de um Estado, se acha no gozo de direitos que lhe permitem participar da vida política 4. diz-se do conjunto de direitos e deveres do cidadão
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 cidadania
- cidadanias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cidadania?
- Brazil /si.da.daˈni.ɐ/
- Brazil /si.da.dɐ̃ˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /si.dɐ.dɐˈni.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cidadania
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cidadania in Portuguese?
cidadania appears 25 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).