césped

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Spanish

Alternative forms

céspede (obsolete)

Etymology

From older céspede, from Latin caespes, caespite.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθesped/
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsesped/
Rhymes: -esped
Syllabification: cés‧ped

Noun

césped m (plural céspedes)

lawn
Synonym: pasto
grass
turf
Synonym: gallón

Usage notes

Césped does not refer to wild grass but rather grass that is finely and neatly maintained and trimmed. For grass that is relatively tall and uncultivated, hierba would be more appropriate.

Derived terms

campo de césped (“grass pitch, turf pitch, turf field”)
cortacésped
cortador de césped
cortadora de césped (“lawnmower”) (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, South America)
cortar el césped (“to mow the lawn”)
hockey sobre césped

Further reading

“césped”, 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

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