cigarra
Portuguese, noun/siˈɡa.ʁɐ/
cigarra is spelled C-I-G-A-R-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,402nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cigarra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inseto cujo macho é dotado de órgãos musicais que emitem som estrídulo”.
What does cigarra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. inseto cujo macho é dotado de órgãos musicais que emitem som estrídulo 2. campainha elétrica de som semelhante ao da cigarra¹
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 cigarra
- cigarras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cigarra?
- Brazil /siˈɡa.ʁɐ/
- Brazil [siˈɡa.hɐ]
- /siˈɡa.ʁɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cigarra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cigarra in Portuguese?
cigarra appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).