césped
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From older céspede, from Latin caespes, caespite.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθesped/ [ˈθes.peð̞]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsesped/ [ˈses.peð̞]
- Rhymes: -esped
- Syllabification: cés‧ped
Noun edit
césped m (plural céspedes)
Usage notes edit
- Césped does not refer to wild grass but rather grass that is finely and neatly maintained and trimmed. For grass that is relatively tall and uncultivated, hierba would be more appropriate.
Derived terms edit
- campo de césped (“grass pitch, turf pitch, turf field”)
- cortacésped
- cortador de césped
- cortadora de césped (“lawnmower”) (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, South America)
- cortar el césped (“to mow the lawn”)
- hockey sobre césped
Further reading edit
- “césped”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014