xeo

See also: xe'o, xèo, xéo, and xẹo

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese geo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin gelū. Compare Portuguese gelo, Spanish hielo.

Alternative forms

• geio (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeo/ [ˈʃe.ʊ]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: xe‧o

Noun

xeo m (plural xeos)

1. ice

   Synonyms: lazo, xelo

Related terms

• axear
• xeada
• xeado
• xear
• xieiro

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “geo”, 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), “xeo”, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “xeo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xeo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

xeo

1. first-person singular present indicative of xear