encerrar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From en- +‎ cerrar.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈʁa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seˈha(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈʁa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seˈha(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈʁa(ɾ)/ [ẽ.seˈha(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈʁa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.seˈha(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈʁa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seˈχa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈʁa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seˈχa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈʁa(ɻ)/ [ẽ.seˈha(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈʁa(ɻ)/ [ĩ.seˈha(ɻ)]
 

  • Hyphenation: en‧cer‧rar

Verb

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encerrar (first-person singular present encerro, first-person singular preterite encerrei, past participle encerrado)

  1. to contain
  2. to complete, finish
  3. (computing) to shut down

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From en- +‎ cerrar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /enθeˈraɾ/ [ẽn̟.θeˈraɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enseˈraɾ/ [ẽn.seˈraɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧ce‧rrar

Verb

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encerrar (first-person singular present encierro, first-person singular preterite encerré, past participle encerrado)

  1. to lock up, to coop up
    Synonym: recluir
  2. to lock away, put away, to imprison, to nail (in a prison or mental hospital)
  3. to enclose, to confine, to immure
  4. to contain, to hold, to include, to encapsulate, to entail
  5. (games) to stalemate
  6. (typography) to separate (between brackets, commas)
  7. (reflexive) to take over; occupy (a building)
  8. (reflexive) to shut oneself up, to withdraw, to shut away oneself, to shut off oneself, to lock up or lock down oneself, to close off oneself
  9. (reflexive) to shy away

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