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cerrado
[ suh-rah-doh; Portuguese si-rah-doo ]
noun
, Ecology.
, plural cer·ra·dos [s, uh, -, rah, -dohz, si-, rah, -d, oo, s].
- a type of plains community characterized by vegetation ranging from tropical broadleaf woodlands to scrublands, occurring in extensive areas of Brazil.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cerrado1
< Brazilian Portuguese; Portuguese: noun use of cerrado thick, dense, literally, shut, past participle of cerrar to close < Vulgar Latin *serrāre; c in Portuguese, Spanish perhaps by association with cercar to enclose, surround
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Example Sentences
In just a quarter of an acre in the Cerrado, for example, scientists have recorded 230 species of plants.
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Hoy no soy escritor; soy mero amanuense: no os pido, pues, admiracin ni indulgencia, sino que me creis a puo cerrado.
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La noche haba cerrado casi por complete cuando don Dions llegaba las puertas de su castillo.
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Dios ha cerrado sus odos cuantas plegarias se le dirijan en su presencia.
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But the ruler Cerrado condemned (the Castilians), for he did what was right.
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