cercear

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

• IPA^(key): /θeɾθeˈaɾ/

cercear (first-person singular present cerceo, first-person singular preterite cerceei, past participle cerceado)

1. to shave (the head)

   Synonym: rapar

2. to cut or reap by the roots

   Synonyms: acaroar, cortar a rente, rentear

• “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 Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Inherited from Late Latin circināre.

• IPA^(key): /t͡seɾ.t͡se.ˈaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

cercear

1. to shave (the head)

• Galician: cercear
• Portuguese: cercear

• Universo Cantigas - "cercear"

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

• Hyphenation: cer‧ce‧ar

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

• cerceamento
• cérceo

• “cercear” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.