| Traduções principais |
| Inglês | Português |
| roped-off adj | (separated, cordoned) | cercado adj |
| isolado adj |
| (com cordas) | bloqueado adj |
| Swimmers are not allowed in the roped-off part of the pool. |
| fenced adj | (area: enclosed) (área) | cercado adj |
| encurralado adj |
| The fenced area around the government building is off limits to the general public. |
| besieged adj | (surrounded) | sitiado adj |
| cercado adj |
| The besieged city was defended by the king's soldiers. |
| encircled adj | (surrounded) | cercado adj |
| The soldiers were defending the encircled castle. |
| penned adj | (confined to a pen) | cercado adj |
| confinado adj |
| preso adj |
| The penned tiger paced up and down. |
| enclosure n | (enclosed area for animals) (para animais) | cercado sm |
| cerca sf |
| vedação sf |
| Outside the farmhouse is an enclosure for chickens. |
| Do lado de fora da fazenda há um cercado para as galinhas. |
| farmyard n | (area where barn animals are kept) (lugar onde se junta o gado) | curral sm |
| (área para prender animais) | cercado sm |
| Several cows stood in the farmyard, waiting for breakfast. |
| kraal n | South African (pen for livestock) | curral sm |
| cercado sm |
sheepfold,
sheep-fold n | (pen for sheep) (caneiros) | cercado sm |
be surrounded by sth,
be surrounded with sth v expr | (be enclosed, encircled by) (fechado ou cercado de, cercado por) | cercado adj |
| rodeado adj |
| The house was surrounded by fields. |
| enclosed adj | (fenced or surrounded) | cercado adj |
| (formal) | delimitado adj |
| enclausurado adj |
| confinado adj |
| The house comes with one hundred acres of enclosed land. |
| A casa vem com cem acres de terra cercada. |
penned,
penned in adj | figurative (trapped, kept from moving about) | cercado adj |
| confinado adj |
| preso adj |
| Living at home with her parents and five siblings, Ruth feels penned in. |
| cornered adj | (forced into an inescapable position) | encurralado adj |
| cercado adj |
| The cornered burglar raised his hands in surrender. |
| surround n | (edging, border) | cerca, borda, beiradas sf |
| cercado sm |
| The fireplace has a wooden surround. |
| The bath's tiled surround protects the walls from getting splashed with water. |
| A lareira tem uma borda de madeira. As beiradas da banheira de azulejo previnem que a parede fique molhada. |
| be beset by sth v expr | (surrounded by) (rodeado) | cercado adj |
| The farmhouse is beset by a dense forest. |
| fold n | (pen for sheep, livestock) (de ovelhas) | curral sm |
| (de ovelhas) | cercado sm |
| The shepherd found the lamb and returned it to the fold. |
| O pastoreiro achou o cordeiro e o levou de volta ao curral. |
