cegar

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Asturian

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Verb

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

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

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Catalan

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Etymology

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

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Verb

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cegar (first-person singular present cego, first-person singular preterite ceguí, past participle cegat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

  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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Galician

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Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to blind

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin caecāre (to blind).

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Verb

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cegar

  1. to blind

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Descendants

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

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈɡaɾ/ [sɨˈɣaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [sɨˈɣa.ɾi]

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to blind, to cause blindness

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Descendants

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  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: sega

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

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