cilada
Portuguese, noun/siˈla.dɐ/
cilada is spelled C-I-L-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,696th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cilada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “trap, ambush” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emboscada feita para ataque ou captura, de modo a atrair a pessoa até ela”.
What does cilada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrap, ambush
- 2
femininesnare, noose
- 3
femininepitfall
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. emboscada feita para ataque ou captura, de modo a atrair a pessoa até ela 2. todo ardil que leva alguém a ser enganado, atraiçoado 3. toda situação que leva alguém a ser enganado ou a cometer erro
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 cilada
- ciladas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cilada?
- Brazil /siˈla.dɐ/
- Portugal /siˈla.dɐ/
- Portugal [siˈla.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cilada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cilada in Portuguese?
cilada appears 3.2 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).