cilindro
Portuguese, noun/siˈlĩ.dɾu/
cilindro is spelled C-I-L-I-N-D-R-O (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cilindro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cylinder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of cilindrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “corpo definido, na Matemática, pela rotação de um paralelogramo em torno de um de seus lados”.
What does cilindro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecylinder
- 2
masculineroller
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of cilindrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. corpo definido, na Matemática, pela rotação de um paralelogramo em torno de um de seus lados 2. objeto arredondado e alongado, cujo diâmetro permanece o mesmo ao longo de todo o comprimento 3. cada uma das unidades onde se processa a mistura e explosão de combustível num motor 4. máquina de grande peso utilizada para aplanar e calcar pavimentos
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 cilindro
- cilindros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cilindro?
- Brazil /siˈlĩ.dɾu/
- Portugal /sɨˈlĩ.dɾu/
- Portugal /siˈlĩ.dɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cilindro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cilindro in Portuguese?
cilindro appears 3.0 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).