Polyglot Dictionary

cidade

/siˈdadʒi/

a noun A1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as cidades

Meaning

  1. city

    • Moro numa cidade pequena.

      I live in a small city.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

metrópole

Worth distinguishing: metrópole is a large, important city; cidade is the general word for city.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

ciudad

ciudad is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "city."

Spanish

urbe

urbe is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "city."

French

ville

ville is the French word for the same thing — both mean "city."

Practice

1 What does cidade mean?

2 Fill the gap: Moro numa ___ pequena.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cidade?

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