Inherited from Latin circināre (“to make round”). Compare Portuguese cercear.
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾθeˈnaɾ/ [θeɾ.θeˈnaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seɾseˈnaɾ/ [seɾ.seˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cer‧ce‧nar
cercenar (first-person singular present cerceno, first-person singular preterite cercené, past participle cercenado)
- (transitive, also figurative) to curtail, cut, sever, cut short
- Synonyms: cortar, amputar
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.
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of cercenar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive cercenar
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dative
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cercenarme
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cercenarte
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cercenarle, cercenarse
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cercenarnos
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cercenaros
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cercenarles, cercenarse
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accusative
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cercenarme
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cercenarte
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cercenarlo, cercenarla, cercenarse
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cercenarnos
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cercenaros
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cercenarlos, cercenarlas, cercenarse
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with gerund cercenando
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dative
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cercenándome
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cercenándote
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cercenándole, cercenándose
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cercenándonos
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cercenándoos
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cercenándoles, cercenándose
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accusative
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cercenándome
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cercenándote
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cercenándolo, cercenándola, cercenándose
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cercenándonos
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cercenándoos
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cercenándolos, cercenándolas, cercenándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative cercena
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dative
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cercéname
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cercénate
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cercénale
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cercénanos
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not used
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cercénales
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accusative
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cercéname
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cercénate
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cercénalo, cercénala
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cercénanos
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not used
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cercénalos, cercénalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative cercená
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dative
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cercename
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cercenate
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cercenale
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cercenanos
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not used
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cercenales
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accusative
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cercename
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cercenate
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cercenalo, cercenala
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cercenanos
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not used
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cercenalos, cercenalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative cercene
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dative
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cercéneme
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not used
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cercénele, cercénese
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cercénenos
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not used
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cercéneles
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accusative
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cercéneme
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not used
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cercénelo, cercénela, cercénese
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cercénenos
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not used
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cercénelos, cercénelas
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with first-person plural imperative cercenemos
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dative
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not used
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cercenémoste
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cercenémosle
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cercenémonos
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cercenémoos
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cercenémosles
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accusative
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not used
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cercenémoste
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cercenémoslo, cercenémosla
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cercenémonos
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cercenémoos
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cercenémoslos, cercenémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative cercenad
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dative
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cercenadme
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not used
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cercenadle
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cercenadnos
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cercenaos
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cercenadles
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accusative
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cercenadme
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not used
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cercenadlo, cercenadla
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cercenadnos
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cercenaos
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cercenadlos, cercenadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative cercenen
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dative
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cercénenme
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not used
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cercénenle
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cercénennos
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not used
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cercénenles, cercénense
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accusative
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cercénenme
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not used
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cercénenlo, cercénenla
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cercénennos
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not used
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cercénenlos, cercénenlas, cercénense
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