cinco

Noun

cinco

1. pearl

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cīnque.

Numeral

cinco

1. five

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cīnque.

Numeral

cinco (indeclinable)

1. five

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cīmicem.

Noun

cinco

1. bedbug

References

• Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000, page 129

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cinco~cinquo~cinque, from Latin cīnque.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iŋko
• Hyphenation: cin‧co

Numeral

cinco (indeclinable)

1. five

Etymology

From Portuguese cinco. Cognate with Kabuverdianu sinku.

Numeral

cinco

1. five (5)

Etymology

From Portuguese cinco.

Numeral

cinco

1. five (5)

   Coordinate terms: quatro, sês

References

• https://belamaquista.wordpress.com/2016/10/05/unga-dois-tres-1-2-3/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cīnque.

Numeral

cinco

1. five

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cīnque.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiŋɡə]

Numeral

cinco

1. five

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 286: “cinque; sei” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 87

Alternative forms

• çinco

Etymology

From Latin cīnque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡siŋ.ko/

Numeral

cinco

1. five
   • 1245, Ordinances made by the city and council of Oviedo:

     [...] maas de cinco cirges ye desque estos sirges foren quemados metant otros cinco...

     [...] more than five candles it's when these candles would be burnt another five should be put...

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cinco~cinquo~cinque, from Latin cīnque.

Pronunciation

• (São Miguel, Azores) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪ̃k/
• Rhymes: -ĩku
• Hyphenation: cin‧co

Numeral

cinco m or f

1. five
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:

     […] seu vocabulário tinha apenas cinco palavras […]

     […] his vocabulary had only five words […]

Noun

cinco m (plural cincos)

1. five

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, bisca, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama	rei	jóquer, curinga

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cīnque. Doublet of ponche and ponzu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθinko/ [ˈθĩŋ.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsinko/ [ˈsĩŋ.ko]

• Audio (Castilian Spanish):

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• Audio (Latin American Spanish)):

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• Rhymes: -inko
• Syllabification: cin‧co

Numeral

cinco

1. five

Noun

cinco m (plural cincos)

1. a five

See also

Playing cards in Spanish · cartas (layout · text)
as	dos	tres	cuatro	cinco	seis	siete
ocho	nueve	diez	sota	reina	rey	comodín

Further reading

• “cinco”, 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