cerro

[ser-oh]

noun

plural

cerros 

1. Southwestern U.S.,  a hill or peak.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerro¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1825–35 from Spanish: literally, “hill, backbone, neck of an animal,” from Latin cirrus “curl, tuft” (with shift: from “curly hair,” to “hair on an animal's neck,” to “neck or spine,” to “hill”)

Example Sentences

It sits on Cerro Pachón, a mountain in the Chilean Andes that hosts several observatories on private land dedicated to space research.

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The Portuguese national Policia Judiciaria said the body of a man was found in the Cerro de Aguia area on Wednesday morning.

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As Anne Benvenuti, a professor emerita of Psychology and Philosophy at Cerro Coso Community College in California, put it in a 2016 paper in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, "While convergent research on animal cognition, emotion, and behavior has increasingly pointed in the direction of animal “personhood,” interdisciplinary research in human cognition has simultaneously confirmed Sigmund Freud's hypothesis that not only are human beings not always self-aware and rational, but also the human unconscious mind motivates much of human behavior; and that human consciousness is fragmented at best."

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"He's one of the most incredible professionals I've ever seen," said Huerta, now a technical secretary at Cerro Porteno in Paraguay.

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Its service area includes some of the worst-hit streets from the fire, including Cerro Crest and Estaban drives, where more than 20 homes were destroyed, according to the county’s preliminary map of damaged and destroyed structures and one of the water suppliers’ footprint.

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