cerda

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From Late Latin setula, diminutive of Latin sēta, saeta (“thick hair”). Compare Spanish cerda, Italian setola (“bristle”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cer‧da === Noun === cerda f (plural cerdas) bristle (stiff or coarse hair) === Further reading === “cerda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cerda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === ceda === Etymology === Disputed. Perhaps from Late Latin setula, diminutive of Latin sēta, saeta (“thick hair”) (compare Italian setola (“bristle”)), but the initial and the liquid would be irregular. Anders proposes a source in Vulgar Latin cirra (“lock, tuft of hair”), from Latin cirrus, influenced by saeta. Also compare Aragonese cerra and Basque zerri (“pig”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθeɾda/ [ˈθeɾ.ð̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈseɾda/ [ˈseɾ.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eɾda Syllabification: cer‧da === Noun === cerda f (plural cerdas, masculine cerdo, masculine plural cerdos) sow (female pig) (colloquial, figurative) pig, slob (woman) (derogatory) bitch, slut ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === cerda f (plural cerdas) bristle (stiff or coarse hair) === Adjective === cerda feminine singular of cerdo === References === === Further reading === “cerdo”, 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