serrar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin serrare, present active infinitive of serrō.

Verb

serrar (first-person singular indicative present serro, past participle serráu)

1. to saw (cut with a saw)

Conjugation

Conjugation of serrar

infinitive		serrar
gerund		serrando
past participle		m serráu, f serrada, n serrao, m pl serraos, f pl serraes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	serro	serres	serra	serramos	serráis	serren
	imperfect	serraba	serrabes	serraba	serrábemos, serrábamos	serrabeis, serrabais	serraben
	preterite	serré	serrasti, serresti	serró	serremos	serrastis, serrestis	serraron
	pluperfect	serrare, serrara	serrares, serraras	serrare, serrara	serráremos, serráramos	serrareis, serrarais	serraren, serraran
	future	serraré	serrarás	serrará	serraremos	serraréis	serrarán
	conditional	serraría	serraríes	serraría	serraríemos, serraríamos	serraríeis, serraríais	serraríen
subjunctive	present	serre	serres, serras	serre	serremos	serréis	serren, serran
	imperfect	serrare, serrara	serrares, serraras	serrare, serrara	serráremos, serráramos	serrareis, serrarais	serraren, serraran
imperative		—	serra	—	—	serrái	—

Related terms

• serra
• sierra

 

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seˈraɾ]

Etymology 1

From Latin serrō, serrāre (“to saw”).

Verb

serrar (first-person singular present serro, first-person singular preterite serrí, past participle serrat)

1. (transitive) to saw

Related terms

• serra

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin serrō, serrāre (“to close”).

Verb

serrar (first-person singular present serro, first-person singular preterite serrí, past participle serrat)

1. (transitive) to squeeze

Further reading

• “serrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “serrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “serrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “serrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Ladino

Verb

1. Alternative form of aserrar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese serrar, from Latin serrare, present active infinitive of serrō (“I saw”), from serra (“saw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.ˈʁa(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /se.ˈha(ɻ)/
• Homophone: cerrar
• Hyphenation: ser‧rar

Verb

1. to saw (to cut with a saw)
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Derived terms

• serra-garoupa
• serra-osso
• serra-pau
• serra-serra

 

Related terms

• serra
• serração
• serradeira
• serradela
• serradiço
• serradinho
• serrado
• serrador
• serragem
• serraleiro
• serralha
• serralhar
• serralharia
• serraria
• serrátil
• sérreo
• serrote

 

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• sarar (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Late Latin serāre, present active infinitive of serō, from Latin sera (“bolt, cross-bar”).

Verb

serrar

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) to close

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• aserrar

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin serrare, present active infinitive of serrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈraɾ/ [seˈraɾ]
• Homophone: cerrar (non-Castilian)

Verb

1. to saw

Related terms

• aserradero
• serrería
• serrín
• serruchar
• serrucho
• sierra

 

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001