Portuguese C in 'cidade' (city) has the same [s] sound as the S in 'solteiro' (single).
However, originally these sounds were different.
The same goes for the [z]'s of 'fazer' (to do) and 'riso' (laughter): they used to differ too.
Listen below to how these words evolved.
Latin C, a [k] sound, became [ts] before E and I in Old Portuguese-Galician: 'cīvitātem' > 'cidade'.
This was also true for Old Spanish 'cibdad', Old Catalan 'ciutat', Old French 'citet' and others.
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