cigana
Portuguese, noun/siˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/
cigana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin, a bird of South America)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of cigano.
What does cigana mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of cigano
- 2
femininehoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin, a bird of South America)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cigano
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of cigana
- ciganas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cigana?
- Brazil /siˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/
- Portugal /siˈɡɐ.nɐ/
- Portugal [siˈɣɐ.nɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cigana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cigana in Portuguese?
cigana appears 2.2 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).