cerrado

English
Extent of cerrado.
Typical cerrado landscape.

Etymology

From Portuguese cerrado, from cerrar (“to shut”).

Noun

cerrado (countable and uncountable, plural cerrados)

  1. (biogeography, uncountable) A type of tropical savanna biome occupying much of central Brazil and parts of Paraguay.
  2. (biogeography, countable) A region with this biome.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ˈʁa.ðu/
  • Hyphenation: cer‧ra‧do

Adjective

cerrado m (feminine singular cerrada, masculine plural cerrados, feminine plural cerradas, comparable)

  1. closed, shut
  2. thick, dense

Noun

cerrado m (plural cerrados)

  1. cerrado
  2. a region with this biome
  3. a biome similar to it, such as scrub

Verb

cerrado (feminine singular cerrada, masculine plural cerrados, feminine plural cerradas)

  1. masculine singular past participle of cerrar

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /θeˈrado/, [θeˈraðo]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /seˈrado/, [seˈraðo]
  • Homophone: serrado (non-Castilian)

Adjective

cerrado (feminine singular cerrada, masculine plural cerrados, feminine plural cerradas)

  1. shut, closed
    El baúl está cerrado. ― The trunk is shut.

Verb

cerrado m (feminine singular cerrada, masculine plural cerrados, feminine plural cerradas)

  1. Masculine singular past participle of cerrar.
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