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cerco

[SER-ko]
nounmasculinepl: cercos
siege, encirclement, fence
1. The act of surrounding and isolating a place, especially a fortified city, to force its surrender
The army laid siege to the castle for three months.
O exército fez cerco ao castelo por três meses.
2. A fence or enclosure that surrounds something
They built a wooden fence around the garden.
Eles construíram um cerco de madeira ao redor do jardim.
3. Any act of encirclement or surrounding
The police formed a circle around the suspect.
A polícia fez um cerco ao redor do suspeito.
Synonyms
sítiobloqueiocercaencerramentoisolamento
Antonyms
aberturalibertaçãoliberdade

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
cerco
Standard usage for both military siege and fencing
Portugal
cerco
Same usage as Brazilian Portuguese; also used in historical military contexts
São Paulo
cerco
Common in both urban and rural contexts

Related Idioms & Phrases

levantar o cerco
fazer cerco a
cerco militar
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