cear

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cẽar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cēnāre (“to dine”). Cognate with Portuguese cear and Spanish cenar.

• IPA^(key): /θeˈaɾ/, (western) /seˈaɾ/

cear (first-person singular present ceo, first-person singular preterite ceei, past participle ceado)
cear (first-person singular present ceio, first-person singular preterite ceei, past participle ceado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to dine

• cea

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cear, from Latin zelāre (“to be jealous of”). Cognate with Portuguese zelar and Spanish celar.

• IPA^(key): /θeˈaɾ/, (western) /seˈaɾ/

cear (first-person singular present ceo, first-person singular preterite ceei, past participle ceado)
cear (first-person singular present ceio, first-person singular preterite ceei, past participle ceado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to be jealous of

   Synonym: celar

• celar
• celo
• recear
• receo

Unknown. Cognate with Portuguese ciar, Spanish ciar, Old Occitan siar.^[1]

• ciar, zuiar, zuír

• IPA^(key): /seˈaɾ/

cear (first-person singular present ceo, first-person singular preterite ceei, past participle ceado)
cear (first-person singular present ceio, first-person singular preterite ceei, past participle ceado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (nautical) to go astern; to backwater
2. to recede; to go backwards

   Synonyms: afastar, arredar, estear, recuar

   • 1807, anonymous author, Primeiro diálogo dos esterqueiros:

     A cada berro que daba
     ibame seando atrás
     p[o]r se acaso me encaixaba
     un sopapo da sua man:

     For each shout he gave
     I was moving back
     in case he encased me
     an uppercut of his hand

• ce
• ciaboga
• ciacú

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cear”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Rhymes: -aɾ

Inherited from Latin zelāre (“to be jealous of”)

cear

1. to be jealous of

• Galician: cear

• Universo Cantigas - "cear₂"

cear

1. Alternative form of cẽar (“to dine”)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cẽar, from Latin cēnāre (“to dine”). Cognate with Galician cear, Spanish cenar and Italian cenare.

• Homophones: ciar (Portugal), siar (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: ce‧ar

cear (first-person singular present ceio, first-person singular preterite ceei, past participle ceado)

1. to have supper
2. to dine

• ceia