cear

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cẽar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cēnāre (“to dine”). Cognate with Portuguese cear and Spanish cenar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈaɾ/, (western) /seˈaɾ/

Verb

1. to dine

Related terms

• cea

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cear, from Latin zelāre (“to be jealous of”). Cognate with Portuguese zelar and Spanish celar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈaɾ/, (western) /seˈaɾ/

Verb

1. to be jealous of

   Synonym: celar

Related terms

• celar
• celo
• recear
• receo

Etymology 3

Unknown. Cognate with Portuguese ciar, Spanish ciar, Old Occitan siar.

Alternative forms

• ciar, zuiar, zuír

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ceˈaɾ/

Verb

1. (nautical) to go astern; to backwater
2. to recede; to go backwards

   Synonyms: afastar, arredar, estear, recuar

Derived terms

• ce
• ciaboga
• ciacú

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cear”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cẽar, from Latin cēnāre, present active infinitive of cēnō (“I dine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈaɾ/

Verb

1. to have supper
2. to dine

Related terms

• ceia