Etymology

cerrado

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Today it means: A type of tropical savanna biome found in much of central Brazil and parts of Paraguay. Full definition →

Portuguese cerrado
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  1. Portuguese · borrowed fromcerrado
  2. English todaycerrado

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

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