cebada

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• cibada, cebata

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cibāta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈbada/
• IPA^(key): /seˈbada/ (Benasquese)
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ce‧ba‧da

Noun

cebada f (plural cebadas)

1. common oat
2. barley (Cheso)

   Synonym: ordio

References

• “avena”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• “cebada”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “cebada”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin cibāta.

Noun

cebada f (plural cebaes)

1. barley (Hordeum vulgare or its grains)

Galician

Cebada ("barley")

Alternative forms

• cevada (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cevada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cibāta (“food”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θeˈbada/ [θeˈβ̞a.ð̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /θeˈbada/ [θeˈβ̞a.ð̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /seˈbada/ [seˈβ̞a.ð̞ɐ]

• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: ce‧ba‧da

Noun

cebada f (plural cebadas)

1. barley

   Synonym: orxo

   • 1287, “El monasterio de San Salvador de Sobrado de Trives”, in E. Duro Peña, editor, Archivos Leoneses, 21, 49, page 72:

     dardes cada ano abbadesa do sobredito moesteyro un jantar neste guisa sosu[dita dar]desnos dous carneyros boos e tres cabritos e V galinnas e pan de centeo que auonde a nosa conpana e V teegas de çeuada por teega [dereita e] se for en inuerno dardesnos para este jantar un porco boo que ualea un mr. de boa moeda e tres cabritos e V galinnas

     you'll give this monastery's abbess a dinner each year in this way: two good rams and three kids and five hens and rye bread enough for our retinue and 5 bushels of barley, correctly measured; and if it happens to be winter you'll give us for this dinner a good pig, valued in three maravedis of good coinage, and three kids and five hens

Related terms

• cebadeira
• cebar
• cebeira

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cevada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cebada”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “cebada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cebada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cebada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “cebada”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈbada/ [θeˈβ̞a.ð̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seˈbada/ [seˈβ̞a.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ce‧ba‧da

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish çevada, from Latin cibāta. Cognate with Catalan civada (“oat”), Portuguese cevada.

Noun

cebada f (plural cebadas)

1. barley

Derived terms

• cebadilla

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

cebada f sg

1. feminine singular of cebado

Further reading

• “cebada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025