cisalhar

verb

The verdict

“cisalhar” 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) - cortar ou dividir por força tangencial

Corpus desk

Index PT-cisalhar · cisalhar · Portuguese

cisalhar · 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.

Key facts for cisalhar
PropertyValue
Headwordcisalhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “cisalhar” em português

cisalharnão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cisalhar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cisalhar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is cisalhar, spelled C-I-S-A-L-H-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    cortar ou dividir por força tangencial
  2. 2
    provocar deslocamento entre camadas de um corpo por forças paralelas e opostas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cisalhar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A máquina foi projetada para cisalhar chapas metálicas
  2. O teste avaliou a resistência do material ao cisalhar

Synonyms

cortarseccionardividir

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cisalhar"?
"cisalhar" is spelled C-I-S-A-L-H-A-R.
What does "cisalhar" mean?
As a verb, "cisalhar" means: cortar ou dividir por força tangencial
What language does "cisalhar" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list