cerúleo

See also: ceruleo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾu.le.u/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾu.le.u/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɾu.le.o/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾu.lju/

• Hyphenation: ce‧rú‧le‧o

Adjective

cerúleo (feminine cerúlea, masculine plural cerúleos, feminine plural cerúleas)

1. azure; cerulean; sky-blue

   Synonym: azul celeste

Noun

cerúleo m (uncountable)

1. cerulean (sky blue)

Further reading

• “cerúleo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cerúleo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caeruleus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈɾuleo/ [θeˈɾu.le.o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /seˈɾuleo/ [seˈɾu.le.o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uleo
• Syllabification: ce‧rú‧le‧o

Adjective

cerúleo (feminine cerúlea, masculine plural cerúleos, feminine plural cerúleas)

1. having the color cerulean

Noun

cerúleo m (plural cerúleos)

1. the color cerulean

See also

• azul, índigo

Further reading

• “cerúleo”, 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