cintilar
/sĩ.ti.ˈlaɾ/
The verdict
“cintilar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - apresentar o fenômeno da cintilação; tremeluzir
Corpus desk
Index PT-cintilar · cintilar · Portuguese
cintilar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cintilar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /sĩ.ti.ˈlaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cintilar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cintilar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /sĩ.ti.ˈlaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cintilar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cintilar, spelled C-I-N-T-I-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1apresentar o fenômeno da cintilação; tremeluzir
- 2refletir a luz; brilhar muito; resplandecer
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.