cerrado

From Portuguese cerrado, from cerrar (“to shut”).

cerrado (countable and uncountable, plural cerrados)

1. (biogeography, uncountable) A type of tropical savanna biome occupying much of central Brazil and parts of Paraguay.
2. (biogeography, countable) A region with this biome.

• corrade

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ˈʁa.ðu/
• Hyphenation: cer‧ra‧do

cerrado m (feminine singular cerrada, masculine plural cerrados, feminine plural cerradas, comparable)

1. closed, shut
2. thick, dense

cerrado m (plural cerrados)

1. cerrado
2. a region with this biome
3. a biome similar to it, such as scrub

cerrado (feminine singular cerrada, masculine plural cerrados, feminine plural cerradas)

1. masculine singular past participle of cerrar

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /θeˈrado/, [θeˈraðo]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /seˈrado/, [seˈraðo]
• Homophone: serrado (non-Castilian)

cerrado (feminine singular cerrada, masculine plural cerrados, feminine plural cerradas)

1. shut, closed

   El baúl está cerrado. ― The trunk is shut.

cerrado m (feminine singular cerrada, masculine plural cerrados, feminine plural cerradas)

1. Masculine singular past participle of cerrar.