celaje

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cielo meaning sky and the suffix -aje meaning -age.

Noun

celaje m (plural celajes)

1. (painting) cloud effect
2. skylight
3. harbinger, herald
4. (nautical) (group of) clouds
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     -Infalible -dijo-. Hay celaje allí, y no puede fallar la sentencia que dice: Fronilde nublada, Ficóbriga mojada.

     "Unfailing," he said. There are clouds over there, and the saying that goes: "Cloudy Fronilde, Wet Ficóbriga" cannot fail.

Related terms

• cielo

 

Further reading

• “celaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014