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Galician
Etymology
From Latin sarciō. Cognate with Portuguese cerzir and Spanish zurcir.
Pronunciation
Verb
zurcir (first-person singular present zurzo, first-person singular preterite zurcín, past participle zurcido)
- (transitive, sewing) to darn; to mend (repair by stitching with thread or yarn)
1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:o rebes
bin fazer a un cordobes
y a outro sibillano
abofe sinon me engano
ca lle'surziron o ynbes
pola treta
que figeron y a gineta
sobre duas burras pardas
o sacaron sobre albardas
e diante ua tronpeta- The contrary thing I saw done to one Cordobese and one Sevillian kids; certainly, If I'm not mistaken, they darned them in the underside because of the trickery they did: they mounted them on two brown donkeys on packsaddles and paraded them, and ahead a trumpet
Conjugation
Conjugation of zurcir (c-z alternation)
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zurcir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “zurcir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zurcir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
From surcir (“to darn, to mend”).
Pronunciation
Verb
zurcir (first-person singular present zurzo, first-person singular preterite zurcí, past participle zurcido)
- (transitive, sewing) to darn; to mend (repair by stitching with thread or yarn)
- (Spain, colloquial) to screw
- ¡Que te zurzan! ― Screw you!
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of zurcir (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive zurcir
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dative
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zurcirme
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zurcirte
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zurcirle, zurcirse
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zurcirnos
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zurciros
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zurcirles, zurcirse
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accusative
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zurcirme
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zurcirte
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zurcirlo, zurcirla, zurcirse
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zurcirnos
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zurciros
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zurcirlos, zurcirlas, zurcirse
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with gerund zurciendo
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dative
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zurciéndome
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zurciéndote
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zurciéndole, zurciéndose
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zurciéndonos
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zurciéndoos
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zurciéndoles, zurciéndose
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accusative
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zurciéndome
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zurciéndote
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zurciéndolo, zurciéndola, zurciéndose
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zurciéndonos
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zurciéndoos
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zurciéndolos, zurciéndolas, zurciéndose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative zurce
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dative
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zúrceme
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zúrcete
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zúrcele
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zúrcenos
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not used
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zúrceles
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accusative
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zúrceme
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zúrcete
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zúrcelo, zúrcela
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zúrcenos
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not used
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zúrcelos, zúrcelas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative zurcí
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dative
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zurcime
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zurcite
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zurcile
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zurcinos
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not used
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zurciles
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accusative
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zurcime
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zurcite
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zurcilo, zurcila
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zurcinos
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not used
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zurcilos, zurcilas
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with formal second-person singular imperative zurza
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dative
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zúrzame
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not used
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zúrzale, zúrzase
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zúrzanos
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not used
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zúrzales
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accusative
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zúrzame
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not used
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zúrzalo, zúrzala, zúrzase
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zúrzanos
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not used
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zúrzalos, zúrzalas
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with first-person plural imperative zurzamos
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dative
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not used
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zurzámoste
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zurzámosle
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zurzámonos
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zurzámoos
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zurzámosles
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accusative
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not used
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zurzámoste
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zurzámoslo, zurzámosla
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zurzámonos
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zurzámoos
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zurzámoslos, zurzámoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative zurcid
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dative
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zurcidme
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not used
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zurcidle
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zurcidnos
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zurcíos
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zurcidles
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accusative
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zurcidme
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not used
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zurcidlo, zurcidla
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zurcidnos
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zurcíos
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zurcidlos, zurcidlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative zurzan
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dative
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zúrzanme
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not used
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zúrzanle
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zúrzannos
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not used
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zúrzanles, zúrzanse
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accusative
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zúrzanme
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not used
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zúrzanlo, zúrzanla
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zúrzannos
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not used
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zúrzanlos, zúrzanlas, zúrzanse
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