What does cercado in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word cercado in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use cercado in Spanish.

The word cercado in Spanish means pen, enclosed, fence, gather around, siege, enclosed by. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cercado

pen

nombre masculino (recinto para animales) (animal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tienen las vacas en un cercado detrás de la casa.
They have the cows in a pen behind the house.

enclosed

adjetivo (rodeado con cerca)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
El huerto está cercado.
The garden is enclosed.

fence

verbo transitivo (rodear con cerca)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Es necesario cercar el rancho para evitar que se pierda el ganado.
We must fence the farm so that we don't lose any cattle.

gather around

verbo transitivo (figurado (rodear algo o alguien)

(phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, not divisible--for example,"go with" [=combine nicely]: "Those red shoes don't go with my dress." NOT [S]"Those red shoes don't go my dress with."[/S])
Los periodistas cercaron al actor de moda a su llegada al set de la película.
The journalists gathered around the famous actor when he arrived on the film set.

siege

verbo transitivo (poner cerco militar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
El ejército enemigo cercó el castillo para obligar al rey a capitular.
The enemy army sieged the castle to force the king into surrendering.

enclosed by

(rodeado de)

Los animales se encontraban cercados por un alambrado.
The animals are enclosed by a fence.

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