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cercar

to surround, to encircle

s ɨ ɾ k a ɾ
cerc to surround, to encircle + ar Future subjunctive: I/he/she
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, future tense Rare #38,819
to surround, to encircle
PO: A polícia vai cercar o prédio.
EN: The police are going to surround the building.
Conjugation of cercar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third — cercaram
Indicative pluperfect
SingularPlural
Third — cercaram
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
Third — cerquem
Imperative
SingularPlural
Third — cerquem
Present
cercando
cercar
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
First cercar —
Third cercar —

A polícia tá aí e vão cercar a praça.

The police are here, and they’re going to surround the square.

— O Pagador de Promessas (1962)

Os mendigos vão cercar o prédio.

The beggars will surround the building.

— M, o Vampiro de Dusseldorf (1931)

Eles conseguiram cercar esta velha raposa.

They managed to surround this old fox.

— A Batalha dos 3 Reinos (2008)

Foi brincando que se deixou cercar?

Did you let yourself get surrounded as a joke?

— Quando Voam as Cegonhas (1957)

Aí, ele teve que cercar.

Then he had to surround it.

— Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus (2005)