ceño

See also: ceno, cenó, cenò, ĉeno, čeno, and ceno-

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin cinnus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθeɲo/ [ˈθe.ɲo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈseɲo/ [ˈse.ɲo]
Rhymes: -eɲo
Syllabification: ce‧ño

Noun

ceño m (plural ceños)

frown, scowl
- 1997, “La celestina”, in La Llorona, performed by Lhasa de Sela:
  Haz de tu puño algo cariñoso / Y haz de tu adios un Hay mi amor! / Y de tu ceño una sonrisita
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
brow

Derived terms

ceño fruncido (“furrowed brow, frown”)
fruncir el ceño (“to frown, to scowl”)

Related terms

guiño

Descendants

→ Portuguese: cenho

Further reading

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

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