cego

cego

See also: cegó and cé go

Asturian

Verb

cego

1. first-person singular present indicative of cegar

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cego (“blind”), from Latin caecus (“blind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɛɣo̝/, /ˈsɛɣo̝/

Adjective

cego m (feminine singular cega, masculine plural cegos, feminine plural cegas)

1. blind

   Synonym: invidente

Derived terms

• cegueira

Noun

cego m (plural cegos, feminine cega, feminine plural cegas)

1. blind man

Derived terms

• herba do cego
• pau de cego

References

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ɡu/ [ˈsɛ.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: ce‧go

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese cego (“blind”), from Latin caecus (“blind”), from Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed, blind”).

Adjective

cego (feminine cega, masculine plural cegos, feminine plural cegas, comparable, comparative maiscego, superlative o maiscego or ceguíssimo)

1. (of a person or animal) blind (unable to see)

   Eles são cegos.

   They are blind.

   Fiquei cega do olho esquerdo.

   I became blind in my left eye.

2. (figurative) blind; blinded (unable to realise the truth)

   Vocês estão cegos? A resposta é óbvia!

   Are you guys blind? The answer is obvious!

   Estávamos cegos de ódio.

   We were blinded by hatred.

3. (of a blade or bladed instrument) dull (not sharp)

   Esta faca está tão cega que não corta nem manteiga.

   This knife is so dull that it doesn’t even cut butter.

   Synonyms: boto, embotado, rombo

   Antonym: afiado

4. (figurative) impartial (treating all parties equally)

   A justiça é cega.

   Justice is blind.

   Synonym: imparcial

5. (Portugal, colloquial) high, stoned

Derived terms

• cegueira
• nó cego

Noun

cego m (plural cegos, feminine cega, feminine plural cegas)

1. a blind person

Verb

cego

1. first-person singular present indicative of cegar