cernir

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈni(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾˈni(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁˈni(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻˈni(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈniɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈni.ɾi/

Hyphenation: cer‧nir

Verb

cernir (first-person singular present cirno, third-person singular present cerne, first-person singular preterite cerni, past participle cernido)

(intransitive, transitive, pronominal) to waddle; to wiggle
(transitive) to sift

Conjugation

Conjugation of cernir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cernir
Personal	cernir	cernires	cernir	cernirmos	cernirdes	cernirem
Gerund
	cernindo
Past participle
Masculine	cernido			cernidos
Feminine	cernida			cernidas
Indicative
Present	cirno	cernes	cerne	cernimos	cernis	cernem
Imperfect	cernia	cernias	cernia	cerníamos	cerníeis	cerniam
Preterite	cerni	cerniste	cerniu	cernimos	cernistes	cerniram
Pluperfect	cernira	cerniras	cernira	cerníramos	cerníreis	cerniram
Future	cernirei	cernirás	cernirá	cerniremos	cernireis	cernirão
Conditional	cerniria	cernirias	cerniria	cerniríamos	cerniríeis	cerniriam
Subjunctive
Present	cirna	cirnas	cirna	cirnamos	cirnais	cirnam
Imperfect	cernisse	cernisses	cernisse	cerníssemos	cernísseis	cernissem
Future	cernir	cernires	cernir	cernirmos	cernirdes	cernirem
Imperative
Affirmative		cerne	cirna	cirnamos	cerni	cirnam
Negative (não)		não cirnas	não cirna	não cirnamos	não cirnais	não cirnam

References

“cernir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
“cernir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From the same source as its doublet cerner.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈniɾ/
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾˈniɾ/
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: cer‧nir

Verb

cernir (first-person singular present cierno, first-person singular preterite cerní, past participle cernido)

Alternative form of cerner

Conjugation

Conjugation of cernir (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			cernir
gerund			cerniendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cernido		cernida
		plural		cernidos		cernidas
		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	ciernes^{^tú} cernís^{^vos}	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	ciernas^{^tú} cernás^{^vos²}	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		cierne^{^tú} cerní^{^vos}	cierna	cernamos	cernid	ciernan
	negative		no ciernas	no cierna	no cernamos	no cernáis	no ciernan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of cernir (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive cernir	dative	cernirme	cernirte	cernirle, cernirse	cernirnos	cerniros	cernirles, cernirse
with infinitive cernir	accusative	cernirme	cernirte	cernirlo, cernirla, cernirse	cernirnos	cerniros	cernirlos, cernirlas, cernirse

with gerund cerniendo	dative	cerniéndome	cerniéndote	cerniéndole, cerniéndose	cerniéndonos	cerniéndoos	cerniéndoles, cerniéndose
with gerund cerniendo	accusative	cerniéndome	cerniéndote	cerniéndolo, cerniéndola, cerniéndose	cerniéndonos	cerniéndoos	cerniéndolos, cerniéndolas, cerniéndose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative cierne	dative	ciérneme	ciérnete	ciérnele	ciérnenos	not used	ciérneles
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cierne	accusative	ciérneme	ciérnete	ciérnelo, ciérnela	ciérnenos	not used	ciérnelos, ciérnelas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative cerní	dative	cernime	cernite	cernile	cerninos	not used	cerniles
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cerní	accusative	cernime	cernite	cernilo, cernila	cerninos	not used	cernilos, cernilas

with formal second-person singular imperative cierna	dative	ciérname	not used	ciérnale, ciérnase	ciérnanos	not used	ciérnales
with formal second-person singular imperative cierna	accusative	ciérname	not used	ciérnalo, ciérnala, ciérnase	ciérnanos	not used	ciérnalos, ciérnalas

with first-person plural imperative cernamos	dative	not used	cernámoste	cernámosle	cernámonos	cernámoos	cernámosles
with first-person plural imperative cernamos	accusative	not used	cernámoste	cernámoslo, cernámosla	cernámonos	cernámoos	cernámoslos, cernámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative cernid	dative	cernidme	not used	cernidle	cernidnos	cerníos	cernidles
with informal second-person plural imperative cernid	accusative	cernidme	not used	cernidlo, cernidla	cernidnos	cerníos	cernidlos, cernidlas

with formal second-person plural imperative ciernan	dative	ciérnanme	not used	ciérnanle	ciérnannos	not used	ciérnanles, ciérnanse
with formal second-person plural imperative ciernan	accusative	ciérnanme	not used	ciérnanlo, ciérnanla	ciérnannos	not used	ciérnanlos, ciérnanlas, ciérnanse

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