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cingir

Portuguese, verb/sĩˈʒi(ʁ)/

cingir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to encircle, girdle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “por a cinta”.

What does cingir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to encircle, girdle

  2. 2

    to connect, unite

  3. 3

    to limit, restrict

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. por a cinta 2. ligar; unir 3. cercar; rodear 4. coroar

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 cingir

  • cinjo first-person present singular
  • cingi first-person preterite singular
  • cingido participle past
  • g-j alternation
  • cingires infinitive second-person singular
  • cingirmos first-person infinitive plural
  • cingirdes infinitive plural second-person
  • cingirem infinitive plural third-person
  • cingindo gerund
  • cingidos masculine participle past
  • cingida feminine participle past
  • cingidas feminine participle past
  • cinges indicative present second-person
  • cinge indicative present singular
  • cingimos first-person indicative plural
  • cingis indicative plural present
  • cingem indicative plural present
  • cingia first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cingir?

  • Brazil /sĩˈʒi(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [sĩˈʒi(h)]
  • /sĩˈʒi(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cingir

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cingir in Portuguese?

cingir appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).