# cercear
## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /θeɾθeˈaɾ/

### Verb

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

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* cercén

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cercear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “çerçe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cercear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cercear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “cercear” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cercear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin circināre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡seɾ.t͡se.ˈaɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

cercear
* to shave (the head)

#### Descendants

* Galician: cercear
* Portuguese: cercear

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "cercear"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /seʁ.seˈa(ʁ)/ [seh.seˈa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /seʁ.seˈa(ʁ)/ [seh.seˈa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /seɾ.seˈa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /seʁ.seˈa(ʁ)/ [seχ.seˈa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /seɻ.seˈa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨɾˈsjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨɾˈsjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɨɾˈsja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: cer‧ce‧ar

### Verb

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
    Synonyms: reduzir, diminuir
* (transitive, figuratively) to restrict, to limit
    Synonyms: restringir, limitar, coartar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* cerceamento
* cérceo

### Further reading

* “cercear”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025