cerrado

[ suh-rah-doh; Portuguese si-rah-doo ]

noun

, Ecology.

, plural cer·ra·dos [s, uh, -, rah, -dohz, si-, rah, -d, oo, s].

1. a type of plains community characterized by vegetation ranging from tropical broadleaf woodlands to scrublands, occurring in extensive areas of Brazil.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerrado¹

< Brazilian Portuguese; Portuguese: noun use of cerrado thick, dense, literally, shut, past participle of cerrar to close < Vulgar Latin *serrāre; c in Portuguese, Spanish perhaps by association with cercar to enclose, surround

Example Sentences

In just a quarter of an acre in the Cerrado, for example, scientists have recorded 230 species of plants.

From Vox

Hoy no soy escritor; soy mero amanuense: no os pido, pues, admiracin ni indulgencia, sino que me creis a puo cerrado.

From Project Gutenberg

La noche haba cerrado casi por complete cuando don Dions llegaba las puertas de su castillo.

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Dios ha cerrado sus odos cuantas plegarias se le dirijan en su presencia.

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But the ruler Cerrado condemned (the Castilians), for he did what was right.

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