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ceñir
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Etymology
Inherited from Latin cingere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-. Compare Catalan cenyir.
Pronunciation
Verb
ceñir (first-person singular present ciño, first-person singular preterite ceñí, past participle ceñido)
- (transitive) to adjust (clothing)
- (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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to surround, be around
- (transitive) to hug, to be tight (said of clothing)
- (figurative, transitive, reflexive) to restrict, limit
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
Further reading
- “ceñir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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