círculo

See also: circulo, circuló, and circulò

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.

Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.

Latin circus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin circuluslbor.

Galician círculo

Learned borrowing from Latin circulus.

Noun

círculo m (plural círculos)

1. circle

Related terms

• circular

Further reading

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

Portuguese

círculo

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.

Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.

Latin circus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin circulusbor.

Portuguese círculo

Borrowed from Latin circulus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʁ.ku.lu/ [ˈsih.ku.lu]

• (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]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɻ.ku.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʁ.ku.lo/ [ˈsih.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)

1. circle
2. (politics) a constituency, a representative district

   Eu represento o círculo eleitoral de Braga ― I represent the constituency of Braga

Related terms

• circo
• circular
• circunferência

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.

Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.

Latin circus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin circulusbor.

Spanish círculo

Borrowed from Latin circulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiɾkulo/ [ˈθiɾ.ku.lo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾkulo/ [ˈsiɾ.ku.lo] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -iɾkulo
• Syllabification: cír‧cu‧lo

Noun

círculo m (plural círculos)

1. circle

   Donde el círculo termina. ― Where the circle ends.

Derived terms

• arco de círculo
• círculo de declinación
• círculo de iluminación
• círculo de reflexión
• círculo polar
• círculo vicioso
• en círculo
• hacer el círculo

Related terms

• cerco
• circo
• circular
• circunferencia

Descendants

• → Catalan: círcol

Further reading

• “círculo”, 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