cinza
Portuguese, noun/ˈsĩ.zɐ/
cinza is spelled C-I-N-Z-A (5 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cinza is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ash, ashes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “produto sólido remanescente duma combustão”.
What does cinza mean in English?
adjective
- 1
grey
noun
- 1
feminineash, ashes
noun
- 1
masculinegrey (colour)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. cuja cor é o cinza²
noun: 1. produto sólido remanescente duma combustão
noun: 1. uma cor do espectro visível, resultante da nuance entre o branco e o preto
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 cinza
- cinzas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cinza?
- Brazil /ˈsĩ.zɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsĩ.zɐ/
- [ˈsĩŋza], plural: [ˈsĩŋzas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cinza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cinza in Portuguese?
cinza appears 15 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).