cerco
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Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
cerco
- first-person singular present indicative form of cercar
Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese cerco (“circle”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin circus.[1] Cognate with Portuguese cerco and Spanish cerco.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cerco m (plural cercos)
- (dated) circle
- 1345, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 261:
- en qual seelo de plomo da huna parte avia sinal d´armas do dito sennor el rey; conven a saber, en a parte de çima primeiro hun castello et huun leon et en fondo huun leon et huun castello et enderredor estavan dous çercos et entre anbos çercos estava huun letreiro
- in which lead seal, in one side, there was the coat of arms of our lord the king, that is, in the upper part first a castle and a lion, and in the bottom a lion and a castle, and around these there were two circles and in between both circles there was a caption
- en qual seelo de plomo da huna parte avia sinal d´armas do dito sennor el rey; conven a saber, en a parte de çima primeiro hun castello et huun leon et en fondo huun leon et huun castello et enderredor estavan dous çercos et entre anbos çercos estava huun letreiro
- Synonym: círculo
- 1345, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 261:
- siege
- 1460, J. A. Souto Cabo (ed.), Crónica de Santa María de Íria. Santiago: Seminario de Estudos Galegos/Ediciós do Castro, page 102:
- Durou este çerco fasta Janeyro; durou çinquo meses fasta que ouverõ sua concordia os caballeyros et cõ a çidade de Santiago, cõ o arçobispo.
- This siege lasted till January; it lasted five months till there were a concord in between the knights and the city of Santiago with the archbishop
- Durou este çerco fasta Janeyro; durou çinquo meses fasta que ouverõ sua concordia os caballeyros et cõ a çidade de Santiago, cõ o arçobispo.
- Synonym: asedio
- 1460, J. A. Souto Cabo (ed.), Crónica de Santa María de Íria. Santiago: Seminario de Estudos Galegos/Ediciós do Castro, page 102:
- (fishing) purse seine
- Synonym: pesca do cerco
- moon halo
- rim
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “cerco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “çerco” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cerco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cerco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cerco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “cerco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Unsuffixed past participle of cercare (“to look for”).
Adjective[edit]
cerco (feminine cerca, masculine plural cerchi, feminine plural cerche) (obsolete, Tuscany)
- (very rare) looked for
- (participial) past participle of cercare
- Synonym: cercato
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
cerco
Further reading[edit]
- cerco in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- cerco in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- cerco in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- cerco in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Probably deverbal from cercar.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: cer‧co
Noun[edit]
cerco m (plural cercos)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: cer‧co
Verb[edit]
cerco
Further reading[edit]
- “cerco” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “cerco” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “cerco” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “cerco” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “cerco” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθeɾko/ [ˈθeɾ.ko]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈseɾko/ [ˈseɾ.ko]
- Rhymes: -eɾko
- Syllabification: cer‧co
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Latin circus. Doublet of circo, a borrowing.
Noun[edit]
cerco m (plural cercos)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from New Latin cercus, from Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos).
Noun[edit]
cerco m (plural cercos)
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
cerco
Further reading[edit]
- “cerco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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