serro

See also: Serro, serrò, and serró

Asturian

Verb

serro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of serrar

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

serro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of serrar (to saw)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

serro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of serrar (to squeeze; to clench)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈser.ro/
  • Rhymes: -erro
  • Hyphenation: sér‧ro

Verb

serro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of serrare

Latin

Etymology

From serra. In the sense of close, shut, by influence of serō, attested in Late and Medieval glosses.

Pronunciation

Verb

serrō (present infinitive serrāre, perfect active serrāvī, supine serrātum); first conjugation

  1. to saw up, or to pieces
  2. (Late Latin) to close, shut

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Asturian: serrar
  • Catalan: serrar
  • Dalmatian: serrar
  • English: serrate
  • Neapolitan: nzerrare
  • Occitan: ressar
  • Portuguese: serrar
  • Sicilian: sirrari
  • Spanish: serrar, cerrar

References

  • serro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "serro", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • serro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ser‧ro

Verb

serro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of serrar