cepo

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛˈpɔ/

Verb

cepo

1. second-person singular present imperative of cepoj

Esperanto

la cepoj

Etymology

From Latin cēpa. Compare Romanian ceapă, French cive (“chive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sepo/

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• Rhymes: -epo
• Syllabification: ce‧po

Noun

cepo (accusative singular cepon, plural cepoj, accusative plural cepojn)

1. onion (Allium cepa)

Galician

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *keipos?

Latin cippus

Old Galician-Portuguese cepo

Galician cepo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cepo, from Latin cippus (“stake, post”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθepo̝/, (western) /ˈsepo̝/

Noun

cepo m (plural cepos)

1. stump

   Synonyms: carocha, coto, cozo, toco

2. trunk section used as support or workbench
3. wooden mallet

Derived terms

• Cepo

Related terms

• cepa

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cepo”, 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), “cepo”, 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), “cepo”, 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), “cepo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cepo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

cepo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cepar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *keipos?

Latin cippus

Old Galician-Portuguese cepo

Portuguese cepo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cepo, from Latin cippus (“stake, post”). Doublet of cipo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.pu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.pu/

• Rhymes: -epu
• Hyphenation: ce‧po

Noun

cepo m (plural cepos)

1. log (trunk of a tree used as timber)

   Synonyms: toro, tora

2. pillory
3. (figuratively, derogatory) indolent (stupid or worthless person)
4. trap used to capture birds, rabbits and other animals
5. the part of the plough that penetrates the earth

Further reading

• “cepo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cepo”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2026
• “cepo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cepo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “cepo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus (“stake, post”).Doublet of cipo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθepo/ [ˈθe.po] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsepo/ [ˈse.po] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -epo
• Syllabification: ce‧po

Noun

cepo m (plural cepos)

1. snare, trap

   Synonym: trampa

2. shackle

   Synonym: grillete

3. clamp (for vehicles etc.)
4. branch (of tree)

   Synonym: gajo

5. alms box
6. (Argentina, economics) ellipsis of cepo cambiario (“foreign exchange control”)
   • 2025 January 14, Ana Clara Pedotti, “Inflación de diciembre: bajaría el ajuste mensual del dólar y la tasa de interés”, in Clarín, page 12:

     La semana pasada Javier Milei relacionó la marcha del crawling peg con las posibilidades de salir del cepo.

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Derived terms

• cepillo
• cepo cambiario

Further reading

• “cepo”, 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