cernir
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: cer‧nir
Verb edit
cernir (first-person singular present cirno, third-person singular present cerne, first-person singular preterite cerni, past participle cernido)
- (intransitive, transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to waddle; to wiggle
- (transitive) to sift
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cernir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
References edit
- “cernir” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “cernir” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From the same source as its doublet cerner.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈniɾ/ [θeɾˈniɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seɾˈniɾ/ [seɾˈniɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: cer‧nir
Verb edit
cernir (first-person singular present cierno, first-person singular preterite cerní, past participle cernido)
- Alternative form of cerner
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cernir (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | cernir | ||||||
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gerund | cerniendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cernido | cernida | |||||
plural | cernidos | cernidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cierno | ciernestú cernísvos |
cierne | cernimos | cernís | ciernen | |
imperfect | cernía | cernías | cernía | cerníamos | cerníais | cernían | |
preterite | cerní | cerniste | cernió | cernimos | cernisteis | cernieron | |
future | cerniré | cernirás | cernirá | cerniremos | cerniréis | cernirán | |
conditional | cerniría | cernirías | cerniría | cerniríamos | cerniríais | cernirían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cierna | ciernastú cernásvos2 |
cierna | cernamos | cernáis | ciernan | |
imperfect (ra) |
cerniera | cernieras | cerniera | cerniéramos | cernierais | cernieran | |
imperfect (se) |
cerniese | cernieses | cerniese | cerniésemos | cernieseis | cerniesen | |
future1 | cerniere | cernieres | cerniere | cerniéremos | cerniereis | cernieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | ciernetú cernívos |
cierna | cernamos | cernid | ciernan | ||
negative | no ciernas | no cierna | no cernamos | no cernáis | no ciernan |
Selected combined forms of cernir (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cernir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014