Noun: cerco
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | cerco |
| Plural m | cercos |
Sample Sentences
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1345, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 261 (in which lead seal, in one side, there was the coat of arms of our lord the king, that is, in the upper part first a castle and a lion, and in the bottom a lion and a castle, and around these there were two circles and in between both circles there was a caption)
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1460, J. A. Souto Cabo (ed.), Crónica de Santa María de Íria. Santiago: Seminario de Estudos Galegos/Ediciós do Castro, page 102 (This siege lasted till January; it lasted five months till there were a concord in between the knights and the city of Santiago with the archbishop)
Nouns inflected like cerco
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cerco (“circle”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin circus. Cognate with Portuguese cerco and Spanish cerco. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
cerco', Latin Nouns '
circus', Portuguese Nouns '
cerco', Spanish Nouns '
cerco'.
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