sigla
Portuguese, noun/ˈsi.ɡlɐ/
sigla is spelled S-I-G-L-A (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,039th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sigla is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “initialism (word formed by initial letters)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “no sentido lato indica toda a classe de abreviaturas”.
What does sigla mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinitialism (word formed by initial letters)
- 2
feminineacronym (abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words)
- 3
femininemonogram (letter or other symbol that stands for a word or name)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. no sentido lato indica toda a classe de abreviaturas 2. na sentido restrito é uma letra isolada que representa uma palavra inteira da qual é a inicial 3. sinal gráfico convencional 4. símbolo da cabala
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 sigla
- siglas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sigla?
- Brazil /ˈsi.ɡlɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsi.ɡlɐ/
- Portugal [ˈsi.ɣlɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sigla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sigla in Portuguese?
sigla appears 13 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).