cegar

Asturian

Verb

cegar (first-person singular indicative present cego, past participle cegáu)

  1. (transitive) to blind (make temporarily or permanently blind)

Conjugation

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caecāre, a verb based on caecus 'blind' (adj.).

Pronunciation

Verb

cegar (first-person singular present cego, past participle cegat)

  1. (transitive) to blind
  2. (transitive) to block off, obstruct
    • 1938, Lluís Nicolau d'Olwer, El pont de la mar blava:
      En aquests estanys, ara mig cegats per la sorra, va recolzar-se durant molts segles un dels més forts imperis comercials que mai han existit.
      In these pools, now half filled with sand, rested for several centuries one of the most powerful commercial empires which has ever existed.

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Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cegar, from Latin caecāre (to blind), from caecus (blind). Compare Portuguese, Asturian, Spanish, and Catalan cegar.

Verb

cegar (first-person singular present cego, first-person singular preterite ceguei, past participle cegado)

  1. to blind

Conjugation

  • Note: ceg- are changed to cegu- before front vowels (e).

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caecāre (to blind).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡se.ˈɡaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

cegar

  1. to blind

Descendants

  • Galician: cegar
  • Portuguese: cegar (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cegar, from Latin caecāre (to blind), from caecus (blind). Compare Galician, Asturian, Spanish, and Catalan cegar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈɡa(ʁ)/ [seˈɡa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /seˈɡa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /seˈɡa(ʁ)/ [seˈɡa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈɡa(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈɡaɾ/ [sɨˈɣaɾ]

  • Homophone: segar
  • Hyphenation: ce‧gar

Verb

cegar (first-person singular present cego, first-person singular preterite ceguei, past participle cegado)

  1. (transitive) to blind, to cause blindness

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: sega

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caecāre, a verb based on caecus 'blind' (adj.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈɡaɾ/ [θeˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈɡaɾ/ [seˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ce‧gar

Verb

cegar (first-person singular present ciego, first-person singular preterite cegué, past participle cegado)

  1. (transitive) to blind
  2. (intransitive, reflexive) to go blind

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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