celoso

See also: ceļošo

Galician

Etymology

Compare Spanish celoso, Portuguese cioso. From Late Latin zelosus, from zelus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”).

Pronunciation

celoso m (plural celosos)

• IPA^(key): [θeˈlosʊ]

Adjective

celoso (feminine celosa, masculine plural celosos, feminine plural celosas)

1. zealous
2. jealous

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “celoso”, 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), “celoso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “celoso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin zelōsus, from zelus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Compare Italian geloso, French jaloux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈloso/ [θeˈlo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈloso/ [seˈlo.so]

Adjective

celoso (feminine celosa, masculine plural celosos, feminine plural celosas)

1. jealous
2. zealous

Related terms

• celos
• celar

Further reading

• “celoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014