cisterna
Portuguese, noun/sisˈtɛʁ.nɐ/
cisterna is spelled C-I-S-T-E-R-N-A (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cisterna is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cistern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fosso perfurado no solo para extração de água potável”.
What does cisterna mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecistern
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fosso perfurado no solo para extração de água potável 2. poço, cacimba
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 cisterna
- cisternas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cisterna?
- Brazil /sisˈtɛʁ.nɐ/
- Brazil [sisˈtɛɦ.nɐ]
- /sisˈtɛɾ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cisterna
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cisterna in Portuguese?
cisterna appears 1.1 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).