cerca.
close, near, around, about, nearly, nigh (referring to quantity or time-related)
Meaning & usage
close, near, around, about, nearly, nigh (referring to quantity or time-related)
close, near, around, nigh, at hand, close at hand, in sight (spatially)
nearby, close by
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Latin circā (“around”) (whence also English circa), from earlier Latin circum.
fence (a thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter)
stone wall
Where this word comes from
Deverbal from cercar, or from Old Spanish cerca, from a Vulgar Latin *circa (compare Portuguese cerca, northern Italian cerca, French cerce), from the feminine of Latin circus.
inflection of cercar: third-person singular present indicative
inflection of cercar: second-person singular imperative
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