cerro

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Catalan cerro, from Latin cirrus. Doublet of cirrus, a learned borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈse̞.ru] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈsɛ.ro] IPA(key): (Central) [ˈsɛ.ru] === Noun === cerro m (plural cerros) fiber cleaned and ready for spinning ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== cerra === References === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cerro”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) === Further reading === “cerro”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Galician == === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese cerro, from Latin cirrus (“curl”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈθero̝/, (western) /ˈsero̝/ ==== Noun ==== cerro m (plural cerros) hill, hillock Synonyms: outeiro, teso dorsal fin (in the plural) hard scales along the sides of the Atlantic horse mackerel Synonym: serra yarn of clean flax; strick Synonym: estriga flax fiver ===== Derived terms ===== cerralla ==== References ==== Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cerro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cerro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cerro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cerro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cerro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== cerro first-person singular present indicative of cerrar == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin cerrus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛr.ro/ Rhymes: -ɛrro Hyphenation: cèr‧ro === Noun === cerro m (plural cerri) Turkey oak (tree, Quercus cerris) ==== Related terms ==== cerreta / cerreto === Anagrams === corre == Latin == === Noun === cerrō dative/ablative singular of cerrus == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin cirrus (“curl of hair; mane or forelock of a horse”), comparing a hill to the head of a horse. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== cerro m (plural cerros) little hill Synonyms: colina, monte, morro, outeiro === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Verb ==== cerro first-person singular present indicative of cerrar === Further reading === “cerro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cerro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cirrus (“tuft, crest”). For the semantic relation, cf. the meanings of English crest. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθero/ [ˈθe.ro] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈsero/ [ˈse.ro] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ero Syllabification: ce‧rro === Noun === cerro m (plural cerros) hill (usually larger or more isolated than colina) Synonyms: colina, loma (Peru) bunch (“a considerable amount”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “cerro”, 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 “cerro”, in Diccionario de peruanismos [Dictionary of Peruvianisms] (in Spanish), Academia Peruana de la Lengua [Peruvian Academy of the Tongue], 2014