ciego

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caecus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθjeɡo/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsjeɡo/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: cie‧go
• Rhymes: -eɡo

Adjective

ciego (feminine ciega, masculine plural ciegos, feminine plural ciegas)

1. blind

Noun

ciego m (plural ciegos, feminine ciega, feminine plural ciegas)

1. a blind person

References

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

Asturian

Adjective

ciego

1. neuter of ciegu

Spanish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish ciego, çiego, from Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”). Compare Portuguese cego, and Italian cieco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθjeɡo/ [ˈθje.ɣ̞o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsjeɡo/ [ˈsje.ɣ̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification: cie‧go
• Homophone: (Latin America, Philippines) siego

Noun

ciego m (plural ciegos, feminine ciega, feminine plural ciegas)

1. blind person

   Coordinate term: tuerto

   Un ciego de un ojo es un tuerto.

   A blind person with one eye is a one-eyed person.

Noun

ciego m (plural ciegos)

1. (anatomy) caecum

   Synonym: intestino ciego

Adjective

ciego (feminine ciega, masculine plural ciegos, feminine plural ciegas)

1. blind

   ser ciego de nacimiento ― to be born blind

2. (Spain) very drunk; plastered

Derived terms

• el amor es ciego
• en el reino de los ciegos, el tuerto es el rey
• gallina ciega
• gallinita ciega
• no hay peor ciego que el que no quiere ver
• obediencia ciega
• punto ciego
• topo ciego
• ya veremos, dijo el ciego

Related terms

• a ciegas
• cegar
• ceguera
• ciegamente
• cita a ciegas
• dar palos de ciego

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ciego

1. first-person singular present indicative of cegar

Further reading

• “ciego”, 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