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cercenar

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin circināre (“to make round”). Compare Portuguese cercear.

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    cercenar (first-person singular present cerceno, first-person singular preterite cercené, past participle cercenado)

    1. (transitive, also figurative) to curtail, cut, sever, cut short
      Synonyms: cortar, amputar
      • 1637, Baltasar Gracián, “Primor XI”, in El héroe:
        Prosperidad muy aprisa, atropellándose unas a otras las felicidades, siempre fue sospechosa; porque suele la fortuna cercenar del tiempo lo que acumula del favor.
        Quick prosperity, with joyous moments tripping over each other, was always suspicious; because fortune tends to cut off from time what it accumulates from favor.

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