cerca
Meaning
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- (feminine) fence; enclosure
- (dated,feminine) wall
- (feminine) siege
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈθeɾka̝/
Etymology
14th century. Probably a back-formation from Old Galician-Portuguese cercar (“to wall; to enclose”), from Late Latin circāre, present active infinitive of circō; or from a Vulgar Latin circa (compare Spanish cerca, northern Italian cerca, French cerce), from the feminine of Latin circus.
New
cercar
- to encircle
- to fence, to wall
- to surround; to besiege
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