ciscar
Portuguese, verb/sisˈka(ʁ)/
ciscar is spelled C-I-S-C-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ciscar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to scratch (to excavate with the claws)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “esgaravatar o solo (galinha) à procura de alimentos”.
What does ciscar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scratch (to excavate with the claws)
- 2
Brazilto flirt or seek a relationship with someone other than one's romantic partner
- 3
Portugalto defecate little by little
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. esgaravatar o solo (galinha) à procura de alimentos. 2. espargir 3. nevar 4. defecar aos poucos em distintos lugares
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 ciscar
- cisco first-person present singular
- cisquei first-person preterite singular
- ciscado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- ciscares infinitive second-person singular
- ciscarmos first-person infinitive plural
- ciscardes infinitive plural second-person
- ciscarem infinitive plural third-person
- ciscando gerund
- ciscados masculine participle past
- ciscada feminine participle past
- ciscadas feminine participle past
- ciscas indicative present second-person
- cisca indicative present singular
- ciscamos first-person indicative plural
- ciscais indicative plural present
- ciscam indicative plural present
- ciscava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ciscar?
- Brazil /sisˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [sisˈka(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ciscar in Portuguese?
ciscar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).