cerco - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Possible base forms

cerco
cercar (Verb)

Nouns

limits  pl.	el cerco
siege [MIL.]	el cerco
annual (growth ring) [BOT.]	cerco anual
annulus  - pl.: annuli, annuluses [BOT.]	cerco anual
tree ring [BOT.]	cerco anual
year ring [BOT.]	cerco anual
battle of encirclement and annihilation [MIL.]	batalla de cerco

Verbs

to close so. in  | closed, closed |	cercar a alguien
to ring so. (or: sth.)  | ringed, ringed |   - surround	cercar algo (or: a alguien)
to compass so. (or: sth.)  | compassed, compassed |   - surround   dated	cercar algo (or: a alguien)
to corral sth.  | corralled, corralled |   - livestock	cercar algo
to fence sth. ⇔  in  | fenced, fenced | [AGR.]	cercar algo
to besiege sth.  | besieged, besieged | [MIL.]	cercar algo   - sitiar
to enclose sth.  | enclosed, enclosed |   - common land [HIST.]	cercar algo   - con una valla
to siege  | sieged, sieged |   - besiege (Amer.) [MIL.]	cercar algo   - sitiar
to gird sth.  | girded/girt, girded/girtgirded/girt |   archaic	cercar algo

Phrases / Collocations

to hit close to home

tocar cerca [fig.]

Examples

That hit close to home.	Eso nos ha tocado cerca.
We have no fence surrounding our garden, but we do have bushes enclosing it.	No tenemos cerca que rodee nuestro jardín, pero sí arbustos que lo delimitan.
We saw a seal resting on the rocks by the shore.	Vimos una foca descansando en las rocas cerca de la orilla.

Orthographically similar words

acero, cedro, cerca, Cerca, cerdo, céreo, cerio, cero, cerro, cetro, checo, circo, clero, croco, cuero, terco

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