cerrado

American  

[suh-rah-doh, si-rah-doo] / səˈrɑ doʊ, sɪˈrɑ dʊ /

noun

Ecology.

plural

cerrados

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

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Etymology

Origin of cerrado

< 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

Una vez más, se ha cerrado la puerta a su ingreso en el Salón de la Fama.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025

The roots of the cerrado plants went deep, reaching down to the water table.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2022

Para que se le considere criminalmente responsable de sus actos, serían necesarias pruebas de que el agente Enríquez dejó intencionalmente a finales de mayo a sus perros en un auto cerrado en Davie, Florida.

From Washington Times • Sep. 8, 2015

The cerrado is the Western Hemisphere’s newest agricultural frontier, and no one rides taller here than Abreu.

From Newsweek • Apr. 29, 2013

The cerrado they never leave till bound for the Plaza.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.