cercenar
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin circināre (“to make round”). Compare Portuguese cercear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θeɾθeˈnaɾ/ [θeɾ.θeˈnaɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /seɾseˈnaɾ/ [seɾ.seˈnaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cer‧ce‧nar
Verb
cercenar (first-person singular present cerceno, first-person singular preterite cercené, past participle cercenado)
- (transitive, also figurative) to curtail, cut, sever, cut short
- 1637, Baltasar Gracián, “Primor XI”, in El héroe:
- Prosperidad muy aprisa, atropellándose unas a otras las felicidades, siempre fue sospechosa; porque suele la fortuna cercenar del tiempo lo que acumula del favor.
- Quick prosperity, with joyous moments tripping over each other, was always suspicious; because fortune tends to cut off from time what it accumulates from favor.
Conjugation
Conjugation of cercenar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of cercenar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive cercenar | dative | cercenarme | cercenarte | cercenarle, cercenarse | cercenarnos | cercenaros | cercenarles, cercenarse |
| accusative | cercenarme | cercenarte | cercenarlo, cercenarla, cercenarse | cercenarnos | cercenaros | cercenarlos, cercenarlas, cercenarse | |
| with gerund cercenando | dative | cercenándome | cercenándote | cercenándole, cercenándose | cercenándonos | cercenándoos | cercenándoles, cercenándose |
| accusative | cercenándome | cercenándote | cercenándolo, cercenándola, cercenándose | cercenándonos | cercenándoos | cercenándolos, cercenándolas, cercenándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative cercena | dative | cercéname | cercénate | cercénale | cercénanos | not used | cercénales |
| accusative | cercéname | cercénate | cercénalo, cercénala | cercénanos | not used | cercénalos, cercénalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative cercená | dative | cercename | cercenate | cercenale | cercenanos | not used | cercenales |
| accusative | cercename | cercenate | cercenalo, cercenala | cercenanos | not used | cercenalos, cercenalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative cercene | dative | cercéneme | not used | cercénele, cercénese | cercénenos | not used | cercéneles |
| accusative | cercéneme | not used | cercénelo, cercénela, cercénese | cercénenos | not used | cercénelos, cercénelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative cercenemos | dative | not used | cercenémoste | cercenémosle | cercenémonos | cercenémoos | cercenémosles |
| accusative | not used | cercenémoste | cercenémoslo, cercenémosla | cercenémonos | cercenémoos | cercenémoslos, cercenémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative cercenad | dative | cercenadme | not used | cercenadle | cercenadnos | cercenaos | cercenadles |
| accusative | cercenadme | not used | cercenadlo, cercenadla | cercenadnos | cercenaos | cercenadlos, cercenadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative cercenen | dative | cercénenme | not used | cercénenle | cercénennos | not used | cercénenles, cercénense |
| accusative | cercénenme | not used | cercénenlo, cercénenla | cercénennos | not used | cercénenlos, cercénenlas, cercénense | |
Derived terms
- cercenador
- cercenadura
- cercenamiento
Related terms
- cercen
Further reading
- “cercenar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024