cinza

• cinsa

From Old Portuguese cĩisa, from Vulgar Latin root *cinisia, from Latin cinis.

cinza f (plural cinzas)

1. ash, ashes
2. cremated remains

From Old Portuguese cĩisa (“ashes”), from a Vulgar Latin root *cinisia (“ashes (cold or warm)”), from Latin cinis (“cold ashes”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”).

Cognate with Galician cinza, Spanish ceniza and Romanian cenușă.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.zɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.za/, /ˈsĩ.zɐ/
• Hyphenation: cin‧za

cinza (plural cinzas, comparable)

1. grey

cinza m (plural cinzas)

1. ash, ashes
2. grey (colour)

• cinzas