cerda

See also: cerdà and Cerdà

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin setula, diminutive of Latin sēta, saeta (“thick hair”). Compare Spanish cerda, Italian setola (“bristle”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.dɐ/ [ˈsɛɦ.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.dɐ/ [ˈsɛɦ.dɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɻ.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.dɐ/ [ˈsɛɾ.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: cer‧da

Noun

cerda f (plural cerdas)

1. bristle (stiff or coarse hair)

Further reading

• “cerda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cerda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025