cizânia
Portuguese, noun/siˈzɐ̃.njɐ/
cizânia is spelled C-I-Z-Â-N-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cizânia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “weed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “joio”.
What does cizânia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineweed
- 2
femininedisharmony
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. joio 2. rixa 3. desarmonia
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 cizânia
- cizânias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cizânia?
- Brazil /siˈzɐ̃.njɐ/
- Portugal /siˈzɐ.njɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cizânia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cizânia in Portuguese?
cizânia appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).