Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#CERCADOCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#CERCADO cercado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [θeɾˈkaðʊ], (western) [θeɾˈkaðʊ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#CERCADO

Noun

cercado m (plural cercados)Category:Galician lemmas#CERCADOCategory:Galician nouns#CERCADOCategory:Galician countable nouns#CERCADOCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#CERCADOCategory:Galician masculine nouns#CERCADOCategory:Pages with entries#CERCADOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#CERCADO

1. palisade, stockade, and its enclosed area

   Synonyms: chousa, zarra

Participle

cercado (feminine cercada, masculine plural cercados, feminine plural cercadas)Category:Galician non-lemma forms#CERCADOCategory:Galician past participles#CERCADOCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#CERCADOCategory:Pages with entries#CERCADOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#CERCADO

1. past participle of cercarCategory:Galician past participles#CERCADO

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cercado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cercado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Alternative forms

• çercado

Participle

cercadoCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese non-lemma forms#CERCADOCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese past participles#CERCADOCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CERCADOCategory:Pages with entries#CERCADOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#CERCADO

1. past participle of cercarCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese past participles#CERCADO

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cercado”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “cercado”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#CERCADOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#CERCADO cercado.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aduCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/adu#CERCADOCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/adu/3 syllables#CERCADO
• Hyphenation: cer‧ca‧do

Adjective

cercado (feminine cercada, masculine plural cercados, feminine plural cercadas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CERCADOCategory:Portuguese adjectives#CERCADOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CERCADOCategory:Pages with entries#CERCADOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#CERCADO

1. fenced (surrounded or enclosed by a fence)
   • 2024 December 13, Vinicius Coimbra, “Com beach tennis e food trucks, complexo esportivo ocupa lugar do antigo Hotel Bassani, em Capão da Canoa”, in Zero Hora‎, Porto Alegre: Grupo RBS, archived from the original on 25 December 2024:

     Em frente a um terreno cercado à beira-mar, em Capão da Canoa, no Litoral Norte, uma idosa interrompe a caminhada para espiar o interior do espaço.

     In front of a fenced land by the seaside, in Capão da Canoa, Litoral Norte, an old woman stops her walk to peep the place's interior.

     Category:Portuguese terms with quotations#CERCADO

Noun

cercado m (plural cercados)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CERCADOCategory:Portuguese nouns#CERCADOCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#CERCADOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CERCADOCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#CERCADOCategory:Pages with entries#CERCADOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#CERCADO

1. a fenced enclosure
   • 1891, Machado de Assis, chapter XVII, in Quincas Borba, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier, page 35:

     Lá estava o cão, dentro do cercado, deitado a distancia de um alguidar de comida

     There was the dog, in the enclosure, lying near a food bowl.

     Category:Portuguese terms with quotations#CERCADO

2. (BrazilCategory:Brazilian Portuguese#CERCADO) playpen

   Synonyms: parque, (Brazil) chiqueirinho

Participle

cercado (feminine cercada, masculine plural cercados, feminine plural cercadas)Category:Portuguese non-lemma forms#CERCADOCategory:Portuguese past participles#CERCADOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CERCADOCategory:Pages with entries#CERCADOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#CERCADO

1. past participle of cercarCategory:Portuguese past participles#CERCADO
   • 2025 January 25, Atahualpa Amerise, “Pete Hegseth, o polêmico ex-militar e apresentador de TV que comandará o maior exército do mundo”, in BBC Brasil‎, archived from the original on 26 January 2025:

     O processo que levou à sua confirmação foi cercado de controvérsia, com questões sobre sua ideologia e passado turbulento criando divisões até mesmo dentro do Partido Republicano

     The process that lead to his confirmation was surrounded by controversy, with questions about his ideology and turbulent past creating divisions even within the Republican Party.

     Category:Portuguese terms with quotations#CERCADO

Further reading

• “cercado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cercado”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “cercado” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cercado”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cercado”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “cercado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeɾˈkado/ [θeɾˈka.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CERCADOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CERCADO
• IPA^(key): /seɾˈkado/ [seɾˈka.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CERCADOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CERCADO
• Rhymes: -adoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ado#CERCADOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ado/3 syllables#CERCADO
• Syllabification: cer‧ca‧do

Noun

cercado m (plural cercados)Category:Spanish lemmas#CERCADOCategory:Spanish nouns#CERCADOCategory:Spanish countable nouns#CERCADOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CERCADOCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#CERCADOCategory:Pages with entries#CERCADOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#CERCADO

1. vegetable garden or plot of land surrounded by a palisade

   Synonym: cerrado

2. palisade

   Synonym: palizada

3. stockade

   Synonym: estacada

Participle

cercado (feminine cercada, masculine plural cercados, feminine plural cercadas)Category:Spanish non-lemma forms#CERCADOCategory:Spanish past participles#CERCADOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CERCADOCategory:Pages with entries#CERCADOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#CERCADO

1. past participle of cercarCategory:Spanish past participles#CERCADO

Further reading

• “cercado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025