cercear

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cercear, from Latin circināre. Compare Portuguese cercear and Spanish cercenar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θeɾθeˈaɾ/

Verb

cercear (first-person singular present cerceo, first-person singular preterite cerceei, past participle cerceado)
cercear (first-person singular present cerceio, first-person singular preterite cerceei, past participle cerceado, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to shave (the head)
    Synonym: rapar
  2. to cut or reap by the roots
    Synonyms: acaroar, cortar a rente, rentear

Conjugation

  • cercén

References

  • cercear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • çerçe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • cercear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • cercear” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cercear” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
  • cercear” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin circināre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡seɾ.t͡se.ˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

cercear

  1. to shave (the head)

Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Galician: cercear
    • Portuguese: cercear

    Further reading

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cercear, from Latin circināre. Compare Galician cercear and Spanish cercenar.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /seʁ.seˈa(ʁ)/ [seh.seˈa(h)]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /seɾ.seˈa(ɾ)/
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /seʁ.seˈa(ʁ)/ [seχ.seˈa(χ)]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seɻ.seˈa(ɻ)/
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨɾˈsjaɾ/
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨɾˈsja.ɾi/

    • Hyphenation: cer‧ce‧ar

    Verb

    cercear (first-person singular present cerceio, first-person singular preterite cerceei, past participle cerceado)

    1. (transitive) to cut by the roots
      Synonym: rentear
    2. (transitive) to trim
      Synonym: aparar
    3. (transitive, figuratively) to diminish, to decrease
      Synonyms: reduzir, diminuir
    4. (transitive, figuratively) to restrict, to limit
      Synonyms: restringir, limitar, coartar

    Conjugation

    • cerceamento
    • cérceo

    Further reading

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