cercear

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

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References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Late Latin circināre.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

cercear

  1. to shave (the head)

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Descendants[edit]

  • Galician: cercear
  • Portuguese: cercear

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • Hyphenation: cer‧ce‧ar

Verb[edit]

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

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