círculo

See also: circulo, circuló, and circulò

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin circulus.

Noun

círculo m (plural círculos)

circle

Related terms

circular

Further reading

“círculo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

círculo

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circulus. Doublet of the inherited cercho.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʁ.ku.lu/ [ˈsih.ku.lu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾ.ku.lu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʁ.ku.lu/ [ˈsiχ.ku.lu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɻ.ku.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾ.ku.lu/, /ˈsiɾ.kɨ.lu/, (with elision) /ˈsiɾ.klu/

Rhymes: -iʁkulu, -iɾkulu
Hyphenation: cír‧cu‧lo

Noun

círculo m (plural círculos)

circle
(politics) a constituency, a representative district
Eu represento o círculo eleitoral de Braga ― I represent the constituency of Braga

Related terms

Further reading

“círculo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circulus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθiɾkulo/ [ˈθiɾ.ku.lo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsiɾkulo/ [ˈsiɾ.ku.lo]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -iɾkulo
Syllabification: cír‧cu‧lo

Noun

círculo m (plural círculos)

circle
Donde el círculo termina. ― Where the circle ends.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: círcol

Further reading

“círculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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