ciranda

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

ciranda (plural cirandas)

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

• Arandic, Darcian, acridan, craniad, dracina

• Hyphenation: ci‧ran‧da

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

• cirandinha (diminutive)

• cirandar

ciranda

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