ceibo

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English

Etymology

Spanish ceibo

Noun

ceibo (plural ceibos)

  1. The tree Erythrina crista-galli.

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology 1

From ceibe, from Latin caelebs (“single, unmarried”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθejβo̝/, (western) /ˈsejβo̝/

Adjective

ceibo (feminine ceiba, masculine plural ceibos, feminine plural ceibas)

  1. free (to roam, applied to an animal or to a terrain)
    Synonym: solto
    —Ollo ao can que está ceibo!
    —Watch out, the dog is loose!
Related terms

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.

Etymology 2

Verb

ceibo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ceibar

Spanish

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Etymology

Probably from ceiba, from Taíno.

Noun

ceibo m (plural ceibos)

  1. one of several species of trees, principally Erythrina crista-galli

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