ciego

Inherited from Latin caecus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθjeɡo/
• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification: cie‧go

ciego (feminine ciega, masculine plural ciegos, feminine plural ciegas)

1. blind

ciego m (plural ciegos, feminine ciega, feminine plural ciegas)

1. a blind person

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “ciego”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
• “ciego”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

ciego

1. neuter of ciegu

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”). Compare English caecum, Portuguese cego, and Italian cieco.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθjeɡo/ [ˈθje.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsjeɡo/ [ˈsje.ɣ̞o]

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• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification: cie‧go

ciego m (plural ciegos, feminine ciega, feminine plural ciegas)

1. blind person

   Coordinate term: tuerto

   Un ciego de un ojo es un tuerto.

   A blind person with one eye is a one-eyed person.

ciego m (plural ciegos)

1. (anatomy) caecum

   Synonym: intestino ciego

ciego (feminine ciega, masculine plural ciegos, feminine plural ciegas)

1. blind

   ser ciego de nacimiento ― to be born blind

2. (Spain) very drunk; plastered

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ciego

1. first-person singular present indicative of cegar

• “ciego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28