cinco

See also: Cinco

Amis

Noun

cinco

1. pearl

Aragonese

Aragonese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : cinco

Etymology

Inherited from Old Navarro-Aragonese cinco, from Vulgar Latin cīnque, from Latin quīnque.

Numeral

cinco

1. five

Asturian

Asturian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: cinco     Ordinal: quintu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese cinco, from Vulgar Latin cīnque, from Latin quīnque.

Numeral

cinco (indeclinable)

1. five

Chavacano

Chavacano numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: cinco     Ordinal: ika-cinco

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish cinco (“five”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsinko/, [ˈsĩŋ.ko]
• Hyphenation: cin‧co

Numeral

cinco

1. five

Related terms

• cincuenta
• quince

Dalmatian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cīmex.

Noun

cinco

1. bedbug

References

• Bartoli, Matteo (1906), Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000, page 129

Galician

Galician numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: cinco     Ordinal: quinto     Ordinal abbreviation: 5º     Multiplier: quíntuplo
Galician Wikipedia article on 5

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cinco~cinquo~cinque, from Vulgar Latin cīnque, from Latin quīnque.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiŋko/ [ˈθiŋ.kʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈθiŋko/ [ˈθiŋ.kʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈsiŋko/ [ˈsiŋ.kʊ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iŋko
• Hyphenation: cin‧co

Numeral

cinco (indeclinable)

1. five

Further reading

• “cinco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Guinea-Bissau Creole cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : cinco

Etymology

From Portuguese cinco. Cognate with Kabuverdianu sinku.

Numeral

cinco

1. five (5)

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese cinco.

Numeral

cinco

1. five (5)

   Coordinate terms: quatro, sês

References

• Elisabela Larrea (5 October 2016), “Unga, dois, três…1, 2, 3..”, in belamaquista‎^[1] (in Chinese and English), Macau, archived from the original on 16 February 2024

Mirandese

Mirandese numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: cinco     Ordinal: quinto

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese cinco, from Vulgar Latin cīnque, from Latin quīnque.

Numeral

cinco

1. five

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin cīnque, from Latin quīnque.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiŋɡə]

Numeral

cinco

1. five

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 286: “cinque; sei” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Ledgeway, Adam (2009), Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 87

Old Leonese

Alternative forms

• çinco

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin cīnque, from Latin quīnque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sinkʊ/, [ˈt͡siŋkʊ] ~ [ˈt͡siŋku]

Numeral

cinco

1. five
   • 1245, Ordinances made by the city and council of Oviedo:

     [...] maas de cinco cirges ye desque estos sirges foren quemados metant otros cinco...

     [...] more than five candles it's when these candles would be burnt another five should be put...

Descendants

• Asturian: cinco
• Extremaduran: cincu
• Leonese: cincu
• Mirandese: cinco

Portuguese

Portuguese numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: cinco     Ordinal: quinto     Ordinal abbreviation: 5.º, 5º     Multiplier: quíntuplo     Fractional: quinto     Group: quinteto, quina
Portuguese Wikipedia article on 5

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cinco~cinquo~cinque, from Vulgar Latin cīnque, from Latin quīnque. Distantly, a doublet of ponche.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.ku/

• (São Miguel, Azores) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪ̃k/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ĩku
• Hyphenation: cin‧co

Numeral

cinco m or f

1. five
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:

     […] seu vocabulário tinha apenas cinco palavras […]

     […] his vocabulary had only five words […]

   • 2015, Carlos Maltz, O último rei do rock, Belas-Letras, →ISBN, page 157:

     […] faturam bilhões e depois de uns cinco ou seis anos sucateiam o mané […]

     They make billions and after five or six years they toss the loser to the curb […]

Noun

cinco m (plural cincos)

1. five

Derived terms

• cinco contra um
• cinquenta e cinco
• noventa e cinco
• oitenta e cinco
• quarenta e cinco
• sessenta e cinco
• setenta e cinco
• trinta e cinco
• vinte e cinco

Descendants

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: cinco
• Indo-Portuguese: cinco, cinquo, cinque
• Kabuverdianu: sinku
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: sink
• Macanese: cinco
• Kristang: singku
• Papiamentu: sinku
• Principense: xinku
• Sãotomense: chinku

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, bisca, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama, rainha	rei	jóquer, curinga

Further reading

• “cinco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cinco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: cinco     Ordinal: quinto     Ordinal abbreviation: 5.º     Multiplier: quíntuple     Fractional: quinto
Spanish Wikipedia article on 5

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish çinco, from Vulgar Latin cīnque, from Latin quīnque. Doublet of ponche and ponzu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθinko/ [ˈθĩŋ.ko] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsinko/ [ˈsĩŋ.ko] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Castilian Spanish):

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• Audio (Latin America):

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• Rhymes: -inko
• Syllabification: cin‧co

Numeral

cinco

1. five

Related terms

• 5 pelao, cinco pelao, 5 pelado, cinco pelado
• chocar los cinco
• Cinco de Mayo
• cinco de yuca
• cinco negritos
• cincuenta
• como tres y dos son cinco
• en sus cinco sentidos
• esos cinco
• quince
• quinientos
• quinta
• sin un cinco

Descendants

• Chavacano: singko, singku
• Palenquero: cinco
• → Cebuano: singko
• → Tagalog: singko
• → Ilocano: singko

Noun

cinco m (plural cincos)

1. a five

See also

Playing cards in Spanish · cartas (layout · text)
as	dos	tres	cuatro	cinco	seis	siete
ocho	nueve	diez	sota	reina	rey	comodín

Further reading

• “cinco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025