cifrar

Senses

1. 1.

   to encrypt, to encipher

   to convert information into code to prevent unauthorized access

2. 2.

   to amount to, to total

   to reach a certain sum or value

3. 3.

   to express in code or symbols

   to represent something using cryptic notation or abbreviations

Examples

• "Os dados bancários são cifrados para garantir a segurança dos clientes."

  Banking data is encrypted to ensure customer security.

• "As perdas econômicas se cifram em milhões de reais."

  The economic losses amount to millions of reais.

• "A mensagem foi cifrada usando um algoritmo complexo."

  The message was encrypted using a complex algorithm.

Usage

Most commonly used in two distinct contexts: (1) technology/security for encryption/encoding, and (2) formal/journalistic language meaning "to amount to" (cifrar-se em). The reflexive form "cifrar-se" is especially common in the financial/quantitative sense.