overwordExplorer
PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

cercar.

to besiege

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/seʁˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[sehˈka(h)]Brazil/seɾˈka(ɾ)/São-Paulo/seʁˈka(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. to besiege

    transitive

  2. to surround

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cercar, from Late Latin circāre, from Latin circa, circus. Compare Galician cercar.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

cercar has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

cercar studiocercar workshello, cercar

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.