césped
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From older céspede, from Latin caespes, caespite.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθesped/ [ˈθes.peð̞]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsesped/ [ˈses.peð̞]
- Rhymes: -esped
- Syllabification: cés‧ped
Noun
[edit]césped m (plural céspedes)
Usage notes
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- “césped”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16