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cintura

Portuguese, noun/sĩˈtu.ɾɐ/

cintura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “waist, waistline (part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a parte média do corpo humano”.

What does cintura mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininewaist, waistline (part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. a parte média do corpo humano 2. a parte de vestuário que rodeia o meio do corpo 3. cinto 4. cinta

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 cintura

  • cinturas plural

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

How do you pronounce cintura?

  • Brazil /sĩˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • Portugal /sĩˈtu.ɾɐ/

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

English words that translate to cintura

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

How common is cintura in Portuguese?

cintura appears 13 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).