semicerrar

Portuguese

Etymology

From semi- +‎ cerrar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsẽ.mi.seˈʁa(ʁ)/ [ˌsẽ.mi.seˈha(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsẽ.mi.seˈʁa(ʁ)/ [ˌsẽ.mi.seˈha(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌsẽ.mi.seˈʁa(ɾ)/ [ˌsẽ.mi.seˈha(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌsẽ.mi.seˈʁa(ʁ)/ [ˌsẽ.mi.seˈχa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌse.mi.seˈʁa(ɻ)/ [ˌse.mi.seˈha(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˌmi.sɨˈʁaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˌmi.sɨˈʁaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˌmi.sɨˈʁa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧cer‧rar

Verb

semicerrar (first-person singular present semicerro, first-person singular preterite semicerrei, past participle semicerrado)

1. (transitive) to partially close something
2. (intransitive) to squint (look with the eyes partly closed)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of semicerrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	semicerrar
Personal	semicerrar	semicerrares	semicerrar	semicerrarmos	semicerrardes	semicerrarem
Gerund
	semicerrando
Past participle
Masculine	semicerrado			semicerrados
Feminine	semicerrada			semicerradas
Indicative
Present	semicerro	semicerras	semicerra	semicerramos	semicerrais	semicerram
Imperfect	semicerrava	semicerravas	semicerrava	semicerrávamos	semicerráveis	semicerravam
Preterite	semicerrei	semicerraste	semicerrou	semicerramos1, semicerrámos2	semicerrastes	semicerraram
Pluperfect	semicerrara	semicerraras	semicerrara	semicerráramos	semicerráreis	semicerraram
Future	semicerrarei	semicerrarás	semicerrará	semicerraremos	semicerrareis	semicerrarão
Conditional	semicerraria	semicerrarias	semicerraria	semicerraríamos	semicerraríeis	semicerrariam
Subjunctive
Present	semicerre	semicerres	semicerre	semicerremos	semicerreis	semicerrem
Imperfect	semicerrasse	semicerrasses	semicerrasse	semicerrássemos	semicerrásseis	semicerrassem
Future	semicerrar	semicerrares	semicerrar	semicerrarmos	semicerrardes	semicerrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		semicerra	semicerre	semicerremos	semicerrai	semicerrem
Negative (não)		não semicerres	não semicerre	não semicerremos	não semicerreis	não semicerrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “semicerrar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “semicerrar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “semicerrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “semicerrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “semicerrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024