cerceta

== Romanian == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin circitāre, from Latin circō. === Pronunciation === === Verb === a cerceta (third-person singular present cercetează, past participle cercetat) 1st conjugation to examine, investigate, inspect, scrutinize, search ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cercetare ==== Related terms ==== cerca == Spanish == === Alternative forms === zarceta === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cercedula, from Latin querquedula (“teal”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θeɾˈθeta/ [θeɾˈθe.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /seɾˈseta/ [seɾˈse.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eta Syllabification: cer‧ce‧ta === Noun === cerceta f (plural cercetas) teal (bird) teal (color) === Further reading === “cerceta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025