"cercear" meaning in Portuguese

See cercear in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /seʁ.seˈa(ʁ)/ [Brazil], [seh.seˈa(h)] [Brazil], /seʁ.seˈa(ʁ)/ [Brazil], [seh.seˈa(h)] [Brazil], /seɾ.seˈa(ɾ)/ [São-Paulo], /seʁ.seˈa(ʁ)/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [seχ.seˈa(χ)] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /seɻ.seˈa(ɻ)/ [Southern-Brazil], /sɨɾˈsjaɾ/ [Portugal], /sɨɾˈsjaɾ/ [Portugal], /sɨɾˈsja.ɾi/ [Portugal, Southern]
Etymology: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cercear, from Latin circināre. Compare Galician cercear and Spanish cercenar. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|cercear|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Galician-Portuguese cercear, {{inh+|pt|roa-opt|cercear}} Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cercear, {{inh|pt|la|circino|circināre}} Latin circināre, {{cog|gl|cercear}} Galician cercear, {{cog|es|cercenar}} Spanish cercenar Head templates: {{pt-verb}} cercear (first-person singular present cerceio, first-person singular preterite cerceei, past participle cerceado) Inflection templates: {{pt-conj}} Forms: cerceio [first-person, present, singular], cerceei [first-person, preterite, singular], cerceado [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], cercear [impersonal, infinitive], cercear [first-person, infinitive, singular], cerceares [infinitive, second-person, singular], cercear [infinitive, singular, third-person], cercearmos [first-person, infinitive, plural], cerceardes [infinitive, plural, second-person], cercearem [infinitive, plural, third-person], cerceando [gerund], cerceado [masculine, participle, past, singular], cerceados [masculine, participle, past, plural], cerceada [feminine, participle, past, singular], cerceadas [feminine, participle, past, plural], cerceio [first-person, indicative, present, singular], cerceias [indicative, present, second-person, singular], cerceia [indicative, present, singular, third-person], cerceamos [first-person, indicative, plural, present], cerceais [indicative, plural, present, second-person], cerceiam [indicative, plural, present, third-person], cerceava [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], cerceavas [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], cerceava [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], cerceávamos [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], cerceáveis [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], cerceavam [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], cerceei [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], cerceaste [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], cerceou [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], cerceamos [Brazil, first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], cerceámos [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], cerceastes [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], cercearam [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], cerceara [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, singular], cercearas [indicative, pluperfect, second-person, singular], cerceara [indicative, pluperfect, singular, third-person], cerceáramos [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, plural], cerceáreis [indicative, pluperfect, plural, second-person], cercearam [indicative, pluperfect, plural, third-person], cercearei [first-person, future, indicative, singular], cercearás [future, indicative, second-person, singular], cerceará [future, indicative, singular, third-person], cercearemos [first-person, future, indicative, plural], cerceareis [future, indicative, plural, second-person], cercearão [future, indicative, plural, third-person], cercearia [conditional, first-person, singular], cercearias [conditional, second-person, singular], cercearia [conditional, singular, third-person], cercearíamos [conditional, first-person, plural], cercearíeis [conditional, plural, second-person], cerceariam [conditional, plural, third-person], cerceie [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], cerceies [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], cerceie [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], cerceemos [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], cerceeis [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], cerceiem [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], cerceasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], cerceasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], cerceasse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], cerceássemos [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], cerceásseis [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], cerceassem [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], cercear [first-person, future, singular, subjunctive], cerceares [future, second-person, singular, subjunctive], cercear [future, singular, subjunctive, third-person], cercearmos [first-person, future, plural, subjunctive], cerceardes [future, plural, second-person, subjunctive], cercearem [future, plural, subjunctive, third-person], cerceia [imperative, second-person, singular], cerceie [imperative, singular, third-person], cerceemos [first-person, imperative, plural], cerceai [imperative, plural, second-person], cerceiem [imperative, plural, third-person], não cerceies [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], não cerceie [imperative, negative, singular, third-person], não cerceemos [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], não cerceeis [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], não cerceiem [imperative, negative, plural, third-person]
  1. (transitive) to cut by the roots Tags: transitive Synonyms: rentear
    Sense id: en-cercear-pt-verb-BQe8BijQ Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese verbs ending in -ar, Portuguese verbs with e becoming ei when stressed Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 22 18 30 31 Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs ending in -ar: 23 26 25 26 Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs with e becoming ei when stressed: 24 23 25 28
  2. (transitive) to trim Tags: transitive Synonyms: aparar
    Sense id: en-cercear-pt-verb-9NkgyWb4 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese verbs ending in -ar, Portuguese verbs with e becoming ei when stressed Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 22 18 30 31 Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs ending in -ar: 23 26 25 26 Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs with e becoming ei when stressed: 24 23 25 28
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to diminish, to decrease Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms: reduzir, diminuir
    Sense id: en-cercear-pt-verb-wUoc64pF Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese verbs ending in -ar, Portuguese verbs with e becoming ei when stressed Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 22 18 30 31 Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs ending in -ar: 23 26 25 26 Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs with e becoming ei when stressed: 24 23 25 28
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to restrict, to limit Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms: restringir, limitar, coartar
    Sense id: en-cercear-pt-verb-FCpUNJYM Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese verbs ending in -ar, Portuguese verbs with e becoming ei when stressed Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 22 18 30 31 Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs ending in -ar: 23 26 25 26 Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs with e becoming ei when stressed: 24 23 25 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cerceamento, cérceo

Inflected forms

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      "form": "cercearmos",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "cerceio",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "cerceias",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "cerceia",
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      "form": "cerceiam",
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      "form": "cerceava",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "cerceei",
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        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "cerceaste",
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      "form": "cerceou",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "cercearam",
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    },
    {
      "form": "cercearei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cercearás",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceará",
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "cercearão",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "cercearia",
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        "conditional",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "cercearias",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercearia",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "cercearíamos",
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cercearíeis",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceariam",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cerceie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceies",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceeis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceiem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceasse",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceasses",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cerceasse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceássemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceásseis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceassem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercear",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceares",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercear",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercearmos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceardes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cercearem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceiem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não cerceies",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não cerceie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não cerceemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cerceiem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não cerceies",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não cerceie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não cerceemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não cerceeis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não cerceiem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cercear (first-person singular present cerceio, first-person singular preterite cerceei, past participle cerceado)",
      "name": "pt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cer‧ce‧ar"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "pt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cerceamento"
    },
    {
      "word": "cérceo"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cut by the roots"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to cut by the roots"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rentear"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to trim"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trim",
          "trim"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to trim"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aparar"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to diminish, to decrease"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diminish",
          "diminish"
        ],
        [
          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) to diminish, to decrease"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "reduzir"
        },
        {
          "word": "diminuir"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to restrict, to limit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "restrict",
          "restrict"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) to restrict, to limit"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "restringir"
        },
        {
          "word": "limitar"
        },
        {
          "word": "coartar"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/seʁ.seˈa(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[seh.seˈa(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seʁ.seˈa(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[seh.seˈa(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seɾ.seˈa(ɾ)/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seʁ.seˈa(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[seχ.seˈa(χ)]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seɻ.seˈa(ɻ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɨɾˈsjaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɨɾˈsjaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɨɾˈsja.ɾi/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cercear"
}

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