cerca

Meaning

Noun

fence (barrier)

Adv

only used in cerca de

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of cercar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of cercar:

cercar

1. (transitive) to besiege
2. (transitive) to surround

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Concepts

fence

some

fencing

approximately

about

around

roughly

more or less

near

close to

hedge

hurdles

just about

loosely

nearly

or so

ungently

fencing material

grosso modo

abrasively

as

corral

corrals

equally

every bit

fences

garden fence

give or take

Synonyms

aproximadamente

precariamente

cercado

rudemente

curral

barreira

paliçada

estacada

cerca de

mais ou menos

Translations

cerca

Zaun

clôture

ongeveer

recinto

omheining

tanca

à peu près

circa

circa

een stuk of

recinzione

verso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈseʁ.kɐ/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: cerca

Cognate with Italian: cerca

Cognate with French: cerce

Inherited from Latin: circā

In summary

Deverbal from cercar (“surround”), or from Old Galician-Portuguese cerca (“surround”), from a Vulgar Latin *circa (compare Spanish cerca, northern Italian cerca, French cerce), from the feminine of Latin circus.

Sentences

Você tem cerca de dois minutos .

You have about two minutes.

Um cavalo salta sobre uma cerca de madeira .

A horse jumps over a wooden fence.

Um homem atravessa um pedaço de madeira para consertar uma cerca .

A man walks through a piece of wood to fix a fence.

Algumas crianças estão jogando feno por cima de uma cerca para um cavalo .

Some children are throwing hay over a fence for a horse.

Assim , eles arruinariam sem aquecer o coração da população que os cerca .

Thus, they would ruin without warming the heart of the population that surrounds them.

Um cão salta sobre uma cerca de arame em uma pastagem seca .

A dog jumps over a wire fence on a dry pasture.