cinto

See also: cintò

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cinto (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cinctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθinto̝/, (western) /ˈsinto̝/

Noun

cinto m (plural cintos)

1. belt

Related terms

• cinta
• cintura
• cinturón

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cinto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cinto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cinto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cinto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cinto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃin.to/
• Rhymes: -into
• Hyphenation: cìn‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin cinctus.

Participle

cinto (feminine cinta, masculine plural cinti, feminine plural cinte)

1. past participle of cingere

Noun

cinto m (plural cinti)

1. truss
2. belt, girdle
3. wall

Derived terms

• cinto di Venere
• cinto erniario
• cinto pelvico
• cinto verginale
• cinto di castità
• cintura di castità

Related terms

• cinta
• cintura
• recinto

Etymology 2

Verb

cinto

1. first-person singular present indicative of cintare

Anagrams

• Conti, conti, ctoni, nicto-

Portuguese

cinto

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cinto (“belt”), from Latin cinctus (“girdle, belt”), past participle cingō (“to surround”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ĩtu
• Homophone: sinto
• Hyphenation: cin‧to

Noun

cinto m (plural cintos)

1. belt (band worn around the waist)

   Synonyms: cinta, (especially a large belt or tool belt) cinturão

2. belt; band (any strip used to hold something in position)

   Synonyms: cinta, faixa

3. Ellipsis of cinto de segurança.

Derived terms

• cinto de segurança

Related terms

• cingir
• cintada
• cintar
• cinteiro
• cintilho
• cintura

 

Etymology 2

Verb

cinto

1. first-person singular present indicative of cintar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cinctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθinto/ [ˈθĩn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsinto/ [ˈsĩn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -into
• Syllabification: cin‧to

Noun

cinto m (plural cintos)

1. belt

   Synonym: cinturón

Related terms

• ceñir
• cincho
• cinta
• cintero
• cintura
• cinturón

 

Further reading

• “cinto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10