serrar

From Latin serrare, present active infinitive of serrō.

serrar (first-person singular indicative present serro, past participle serráu)

1. to saw (cut with a saw)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

From Latin serrāre (“to saw”). First attested in 1283.

serrar (first-person singular present serro, first-person singular preterite serrí, past participle serrat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to saw

• serra

Inherited from Vulgar Latin serrāre (“to close”). First attested in the 14th century.

serrar (first-person singular present serro, first-person singular preterite serrí, past participle serrat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to squeeze (e.g. someone's hand); to clench (one's teeth)

• serracaps

• “serrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “serrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “serrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “serrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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serrar (first-person singular present serro, first-person singular preterite serrei, past participle serrado)

1. to saw

• serrátil
• serrón

• “serrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “serrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

serrar (Latin spelling)

1. Alternative form of aserrar

From Old Galician-Portuguese serrar, from Latin serrāre (“to saw”), from serra (“saw”).

• Homophone: cerrar
• Hyphenation: ser‧rar

serrar (first-person singular present serro, first-person singular preterite serrei, past participle serrado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to saw (cut with a saw)

• “serrar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “serrar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “serrar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “serrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “serrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “serrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

• sarar (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

From Late Latin serāre, present active infinitive of serō, from Latin sera (“bolt, cross-bar”).

serrar

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) to close

Inherited from Old Spanish serrar, from Latin serrāre.

• IPA^(key): /seˈraɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: se‧rrar
• Homophone: (Latin America) cerrar

serrar (first-person singular present sierro, first-person singular preterite serré, past participle serrado)

1. (transitive) to saw

   Synonym: aserrar

• “serrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014