ceibo
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editceibo (plural ceibos)
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editGalician
editEtymology 1
editFrom ceibe, from Latin caelebs (“single, unmarried”).
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editPronunciation
editAdjective
editceibo (feminine ceiba, masculine plural ceibos, feminine plural ceibas)
- free (to roam, applied to an animal or to a terrain)
- Synonym: solto
- —Ollo ao can que está ceibo!
- —Watch out, the dog is loose!
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “çeyb”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ceibo”, 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), “ceibo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ceibo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
editVerb
editceibo
Spanish
editEtymology
editProbably from ceiba, from Taíno.
Noun
editceibo m (plural ceibos)
- one of several species of trees, principally Erythrina crista-galli
Further reading
edit- “ceibo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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