cinto

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) belt (band worn around the waist)
2. (masculine) belt; band (any strip used to hold something in position)
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine) ellipsis of cinto de segurança

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of cintar

cintar

1. (transitive) to belt (to fasten a belt)
2. (transitive) to band (to fasten with a band)

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Concepts

belt

girdle

safety belt

seatbelt

seat belt

life belt

safety harness

Synonyms

cinto de segurança

cinta

cinturão

Translations

ceinture

cintura

cinturón

Gürtel

cinturó

gordel

ceintuur

ζώνη

cinto

cintola

ceinture de sécurité

riem

gaine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsĩ.tu/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: cinctus

In summary

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