cerrado

English

Extent of cerrado.
Typical cerrado landscape.

Etymology

From Portuguese cerrado, from cerrar (to shut).

Noun

cerrado (countable and uncountable, plural cerrados)

  1. (biogeography, uncountable) A type of tropical savanna biome found in much of central Brazil and parts of Paraguay.
  2. (biogeography, countable) A region with this biome.

Anagrams

Galician

Participle

cerrado (feminine cerrada, masculine plural cerrados, feminine plural cerradas)

  1. past participle of cerrar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈʁa.du/ [seˈha.du]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /seˈʁa.du/ [seˈχa.du]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈʁa.do/ [seˈha.do]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈʁa.du/ [sɨˈʁa.ðu]

  • Hyphenation: cer‧ra‧do
  • Homophone: serrado

Adjective

cerrado (feminine cerrada, masculine plural cerrados, feminine plural cerradas)

  1. closed, shut
  2. thick, dense

Noun

cerrado m (plural cerrados)

  1. cerrado
  2. a region with this biome
  3. a biome similar to it, such as scrub

Participle

cerrado (feminine cerrada, masculine plural cerrados, feminine plural cerradas)

  1. past participle of cerrar

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of cerrar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈrado/ [θeˈra.ð̞o]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈrado/ [seˈra.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: ce‧rra‧do
  • Homophone: (Latin America) serrado

Adjective

cerrado (feminine cerrada, masculine plural cerrados, feminine plural cerradas)

  1. shut, closed
    El baúl está cerrado.
    The trunk is shut.
    Gracias por mantener la boca cerrada.
    Thanks for keeping your mouth shut.
  2. closed off (personality trait)

Derived terms

Noun

cerrado m (plural cerrados)

  1. Synonym of cercado

Participle

cerrado (feminine cerrada, masculine plural cerrados, feminine plural cerradas)

  1. past participle of cerrar

Further reading

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