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cebar

Galician edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin cibāre, present active infinitive of cibō. Cognate with Portuguese cevar and Spanish cebar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [θeˈbaɾ], (western) [seˈbaɾ]

Verb edit

cebar (first-person singular present cebo, first-person singular preterite cebei, past participle cebado)

  1. (transitive) to fatten
  2. (transitive) to feed, fodder
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to feed
    • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 142:
      o conde foy logo ferir enos mouros muy de rigeo, assy com̃o a aguia famienta ena caça quando sse quer çeuar
      the count then went to clash stoutly with the Moors, as the hungry eagle wants to feed when chasing
  4. (transitive) to fertilize
  5. (transitive) to bait

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of cebar
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal cebar
Personal cebar cebares cebar cebarmos cebardes cebaren
Gerund
cebando
Past participle
Masculine cebado cebados
Feminine cebada cebadas
Indicative
Present cebo cebas ceba cebamos cebades ceban
Imperfect cebaba cebabas cebaba cebabamos cebabades cebaban
Preterite cebei cebaches cebou cebamos cebastes cebaron
Pluperfect cebara cebaras cebara cebaramos cebarades cebaran
Future cebarei cebarás cebará cebaremos cebaredes cebarán
Conditional cebaría cebarías cebaría cebariamos cebariades cebarían
Subjunctive
Present cebe cebes cebe cebemos cebedes ceben
Imperfect cebase cebases cebase cebásemos cebásedes cebasen
Future cebar cebares cebar cebarmos cebardes cebaren
Imperative
Affirmative ceba cebe cebemos cebade ceben
Negative (non) non cebes non cebe non cebemos non cebedes non ceben
    Reintegrated conjugation of cebar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal cebar
Personal cebar cebares cebar cebarmos cebardes cebarem
Gerund
cebando
Past participle
Masculine cebado cebados
Feminine cebada cebadas
Indicative
Present cebo cebas ceba cebamos cebades, cebais cebam
Imperfect cebava cebavas cebava cebávamos cebávades, cebáveis, cebávais1 cebavam
Preterite cebei cebaste, cebache1 cebou cebamos cebastes cebárom, cebaram
Pluperfect cebara cebaras cebara cebáramos cebárades, cebáreis, cebárais1 cebaram
Future cebarei cebarás cebará cebaremos cebaredes, cebareis cebarám, cebarão
Conditional cebaria cebarias cebaria cebaríamos cebaríades, cebaríeis, cebaríais1 cebariam
Subjunctive
Present cebe cebes cebe cebemos cebedes, cebeis cebem
Imperfect cebasse cebasses cebasse cebássemos cebássedes, cebásseis cebassem
Future cebar cebares cebar cebarmos cebardes cebarem
Imperative
Affirmative ceba cebe cebemos cebade, cebai cebem
Negative (nom) nom cebes nom cebe nom cebemos nom cebedes, nom cebeis nom cebem

1Less recommended.

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References edit

  • “çevar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “ceva” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cebar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cebar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • “cebar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cebar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin cibāre.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈbaɾ/ [θeˈβ̞aɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈbaɾ/ [seˈβ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ce‧bar

Verb edit

cebar (first-person singular present cebo, first-person singular preterite cebé, past participle cebado)

  1. to bait
  2. to fatten, feed
    Synonyms: engordar, alimentar, fomentar
  3. to charge, load
    Synonym: rellenar
    cebar los cañones ― ready the cannons
  4. (reflexive) to turn on, vent, attack
    Synonyms: ensañar, encarnizar
    El racista se ceba con los pobres. ― The racist takes his anger out on the poor.
    • 2020 July 16, “¿De verdad las películas de Clint Eastwood son una ofensa moral para las mujeres?”, in El País‎[1]:
      He recordado la anécdota a propósito del último estreno de Clint Eastwood, Mula, y de cierta crítica ideológica y de género que suele cebarse con el cineasta de 88 años, declarado votante de Trump.
      I remembered the anecdote about the latest release from Clint Eastwood, Mula, and about certain ideological and gendered criticisms that the 88-year-old filmmaker, a professed Trump voter, is often attacked with.
  5. to add hot water to the yerba mate
    cebar el mate ― prepare maté
  6. to prime (fill with priming liquid)

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of cebar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive cebar
gerund cebando
past participle masculine feminine
singular cebado cebada
plural cebados cebadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cebo cebastú
cebásvos 		ceba cebamos cebáis ceban
imperfect cebaba cebabas cebaba cebábamos cebabais cebaban
preterite cebé cebaste cebó cebamos cebasteis cebaron
future cebaré cebarás cebará cebaremos cebaréis cebarán
conditional cebaría cebarías cebaría cebaríamos cebaríais cebarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cebe cebestú
cebésvos2 		cebe cebemos cebéis ceben
imperfect
(ra) 		cebara cebaras cebara cebáramos cebarais cebaran
imperfect
(se) 		cebase cebases cebase cebásemos cebaseis cebasen
future1 cebare cebares cebare cebáremos cebareis cebaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative cebatú
cebávos 		cebe cebemos cebad ceben
negative no cebes no cebe no cebemos no cebéis no ceben

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cebar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive cebar
dative cebarme cebarte cebarle, cebarse cebarnos cebaros cebarles, cebarse
accusative cebarme cebarte cebarlo, cebarla, cebarse cebarnos cebaros cebarlos, cebarlas, cebarse
with gerund cebando
dative cebándome cebándote cebándole, cebándose cebándonos cebándoos cebándoles, cebándose
accusative cebándome cebándote cebándolo, cebándola, cebándose cebándonos cebándoos cebándolos, cebándolas, cebándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ceba
dative cébame cébate cébale cébanos not used cébales
accusative cébame cébate cébalo, cébala cébanos not used cébalos, cébalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cebá
dative cebame cebate cebale cebanos not used cebales
accusative cebame cebate cebalo, cebala cebanos not used cebalos, cebalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cebe
dative cébeme not used cébele, cébese cébenos not used cébeles
accusative cébeme not used cébelo, cébela, cébese cébenos not used cébelos, cébelas
with first-person plural imperative cebemos
dative not used cebémoste cebémosle cebémonos cebémoos cebémosles
accusative not used cebémoste cebémoslo, cebémosla cebémonos cebémoos cebémoslos, cebémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cebad
dative cebadme not used cebadle cebadnos cebaos cebadles
accusative cebadme not used cebadlo, cebadla cebadnos cebaos cebadlos, cebadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ceben
dative cébenme not used cébenle cébennos not used cébenles, cébense
accusative cébenme not used cébenlo, cébenla cébennos not used cébenlos, cébenlas, cébense

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