Polyglot Dictionary

cigano

/siˈɡɐnu/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os ciganos

Meaning

  1. Romani person

    • Os ciganos viajam muito.

      Romani people travel a lot.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Roma

Roma is the German word for the same thing — both mean "Roma, Romani person."

Spanish

bohemio

Close, figuratively — a Romani person relates to bohemian.

Spanish

gitano

gitano is the Spanish word for the same thing — both are ethnonyms for the Romani people.

Practice

1 What does cigano mean?

2 Fill the gap: Os ___ viajam muito.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cigano?

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