cilha
Portuguese, noun/ˈsi.ʎɐ/
cilha is spelled C-I-L-H-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written Portuguese, the 227,016th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cilha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “girth (band passed under the belly of an animal to hold a saddle in place)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cilhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cingidouro que cilha, correia que cinge polo ventre a cavalgadura para segurar a albarda ou sela”.
What does cilha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegirth (band passed under the belly of an animal to hold a saddle in place)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cingidouro que cilha, correia que cinge polo ventre a cavalgadura para segurar a albarda ou sela
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 cilha
- cilhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cilha?
- Brazil /ˈsi.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsi.ʎɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cilha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cilha in Portuguese?
cilha appears about once in every 68 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).