cerro

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cerro, from Latin cirrus (“curl”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθero̝/, (western) /ˈsero̝/

cerro m (plural cerros)

1. hill, hillock

   Synonyms: outeiro, teso

2. dorsal fin
3. (in the plural) hard scales along the sides of the Atlantic horse mackerel

   Synonym: serra

4. yarn of clean flax
   • 1402, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 343:

     It. ....... arestre de lyno en que son viinte et seys cerros.

     It. ... plait of linen, in which there are twenty-six yarns

5. flax fiver

• “cerro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “cerro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “cerro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cerro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cerro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin cerrus.

cerro m (plural cerri)

1. Turkey oak (tree, Quercus cerris)

• cerreta / cerreto

• corre

cerrō

1. dative singular of cerrus
2. ablative singular of cerrus

From Latin cirrus (“curl of hair; mane or forelock of a horse”), comparing a hill to the head of a horse.

cerro m (plural cerros)

1. little hill

   Synonyms: colina, monte, morro, outeiro

cerro

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of cerrar

From Latin cirrus (“curl of hair; mane or forelock of a horse”), comparing a hill to the head of a horse.

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθero/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈsero/

cerro m (plural cerros)

1. hill

   Synonyms: colina, loma