césped

Spanish

Alternative forms

• céspede (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish céspede, from Latin cēspes, monophthongized variant of caespes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθesped/ [ˈθes.peð̞] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsesped/ [ˈses.peð̞] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -esped
• Syllabification: cés‧ped

Noun

césped m (plural céspedes)

1. lawn

   Synonym: pasto

2. grass
3. 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 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024