cercear
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)
- to shave (the head)
- Synonym: rapar
- to cut or reap by the roots
- Synonyms: acaroar, cortar a rente, rentear
Conjugation[edit]
1Less recommended.
Related terms[edit]
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
- to shave (the head)
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | simple | cercear | |||||||
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compound | infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
gerund | simple | cerceando | |||||||
compound | gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||||
masculine | cerceado | cerceada | |||||||
feminine | cerceados | cerceadas | |||||||
present participle | cerceante | cerceantes | |||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | cerceio1, cerceo2 | cerceias1, cerceas2 | cerceia1, cercea2 | cerceamos | cerceades | cerceiam3, cercean4 | ||
imperfect | cerceava | cerceavas | cerceava | cerceavamos | cerceavades | cerceavam3, cerceavan4 | |||
preterite | cerceei | cerceaste3, cerceasche4 | cerceou | cerceamos | cerceastes | cercearom3, cercearon4 | |||
pluperfect | cerceara | cercearas | cerceara | cercearamos | cercearades | cercearam3, cercearan4 | |||
future | cercearei | cercearás | cerceará | cercearemos | cercearedes | cercearám3, cercearán4 | |||
conditional | cercearía | cercearías | cercearía | cerceariamos | cerceariades | cercearíam3, cercearían4 | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
present imperfect | imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past anterior | preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
pluperfect | simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
subjunctive mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | cerceie1, cercee2 | cerceies1, cercees2 | cerceie1, cercee2 | cerceemos | cerceedes | cerceiem3, cerceen4 | ||
preterite | cerceasse | cerceasses | cerceasse | cerceássemos | cerceássedes | cerceassem3, cerceassen4 | |||
future | cercear | cerceares | cercear | cercearmos | cerceardes | cercearem3, cercearen4 | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
pluperfect | preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
imperative mood | — | tu | vossa mercee | nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
— | |||
affirmative | — | cerceia1, cercea2 | cerceie1, cercee2 | cerceemos | cerceade | — | |||
negative | — | non cerceies1, non cercees2 | non cerceie1, non cercee2 | non cerceemos | non cerceedes | — | |||
personal infinitive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
cercear | cerceares | cercear | cercearmos | cerceardes | cercearem3, cercearen4 | ||||
1 Its alternative form aver can be used as well. 2 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver". 3 Less common in Galicia 4 Less common in Portugal |
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
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)
- (transitive) to cut by the roots
- Synonym: rentear
- (transitive) to trim
- Synonym: aparar
- (transitive, figuratively) to diminish, to decrease
- (transitive, figuratively) to restrict, to limit
- Synonyms: restringir, limitar, coartar
Conjugation[edit]
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “cercear” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms inherited from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician verbs
- Galician verbs ending in -ar
- Galician verbs with e becoming ei when stressed
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms inherited from Late Latin
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Old Galician-Portuguese/aɾ
- Rhymes:Old Galician-Portuguese/aɾ/3 syllables
- Old Galician-Portuguese lemmas
- Old Galician-Portuguese verbs
- Old Galician-Portuguese verbs ending in -ar
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese verbs
- Portuguese verbs ending in -ar
- Portuguese verbs with e becoming ei when stressed
- Portuguese transitive verbs