ceñir

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cingere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-. Compare Catalan cenyir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈɲiɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈɲiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: ce‧ñir

Verb

ceñir (first-person singular present ciño, first-person singular preterite ceñí, past participle ceñido)

  1. (transitive) to adjust (clothing)
  2. (transitive) to encircle, gird
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 258:
      La golondrina es sagrada, porque arrancó las espinas de la corona que ciñeron a Cristo los judíos.
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  3. (transitive) to surround, be around
  4. (transitive) to hug, to be tight (said of clothing)
  5. (figurative, transitive, reflexive) to restrict, limit
    Synonyms: limitar, atener, amoldar
    • 2023 November 12, Xosé Hermida, “La derecha despliega todas sus redes para deslegitimar a Sánchez”, in El País:
      Aunque la protesta se había ceñido a los sectores conservadores, los progresistas suscribieron el viernes un comunicado de rechazo porque el acuerdo entre PSOE y Junts alude a la posibilidad de que el Parlamento investigue supuestos casos de lawfare o uso abusivo de la justicia contra miembros del independentismo.
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