ciranda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese ciranda, which is from Spanish zaranda (“sieve”), from Andalusian Arabic سرند, from Persian سرند (“sieve”).

Noun

ciranda (plural cirandas)

1. (music) A traditional Brazilian children's dance.

Anagrams

• Arandic, Darcian, acridan, craniad, dracina

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈɾɐ̃.dɐ/

• Hyphenation: ci‧ran‧da

Etymology 1

Noun

ciranda f (plural cirandas)

1. sieve (device to separate larger objects)

   Synonyms: crivo, peneira

2. (music) a traditional dance from the Northeastern region of Brazil, where people hold hands in order to dance in a circle
3. (music) a kind of children's dance

Derived terms

• cirandinha (diminutive)

Related terms

• cirandar

Etymology 2

Verb

ciranda

1. inflection of cirandar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative