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
to encircle, girdle
- 2
to connect, unite
- 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).