ceibo
English
Etymology
Spanish ceibo
Noun
ceibo (plural ceibos)
- The tree Erythrina crista-galli.
Anagrams
- Boice, Cobie
Galician
Alternative forms
- ceibe
Etymology
From ceibe, from Latin caelebs (“single, unmarried”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθejβo̝/, (western) /ˈsejβo̝/
Adjective
ceibo m (feminine singular ceiba, masculine plural ceibos, feminine plural ceibas)
- free (to roam, applied to an animal or to a terrain)
- —Ollo ao can que está ceibo!
- —Watch out, the dog is loose!
- Synonym: solto
Related terms
- ceibar
References
- “çeyb” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “ceibo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ceibo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ceibo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
Probably from ceiba, from Taíno.
Noun
ceibo m (plural ceibos)
- one of several species of trees, principally Erythrina crista-galli
Further reading
- “ceibo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014