cercar

Meaning

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

Frequency

21k
Hyphenated as
cer‧car
Pronounced as (IPA)
/seʁˈka(ʁ)/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cercar, from Late Latin circāre, from Latin circa, circus. Compare Galician cercar.

Cognate with Galician
Galician
cercar

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