cegar

== Asturian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin caecāre (“to blind”), from caecus (“blind”). Compare Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish cegar. === Verb === cegar (first-person singular indicative present cego, past participle cegáu) (transitive) to blind (make temporarily or permanently blind) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== ciegu == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin caecāre (“to blind”), from caecus (“blind”). Compare Asturian, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish cegar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [səˈɣa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [seˈɣaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [seˈɣa] === Verb === cegar (first-person singular present cego, first-person singular preterite ceguí, past participle cegat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ (transitive) to blind (transitive) to block off, obstruct ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cegament encegar ==== Related terms ==== cec === Further reading === “cegar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Galician == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cegar, from Latin caecāre (“to blind”), from caecus (“blind”). Compare Asturian, Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish cegar. === Verb === cegar (first-person singular present cego, first-person singular preterite ceguei, past participle cegado) to blind ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === çegar === Etymology === Inherited from Latin caecāre (“to blind”). By surface analysis, cego +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡se.ˈɡaɾ/ Rhymes: -aɾ Hyphenation: ce‧gar === Verb === cegar (transitive) to make blind (intransitive) to become blind (transitive, figurative) to blind (to conceal) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Fala: cegar Galician: cegar Portuguese: cegar (see there for further descendants) === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cegar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “cegar”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “cegar”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Old Spanish == === Alternative forms === çegar === Etymology === Inherited from Latin caecāre (“to blind”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡se.ˈɡaɾ/ Rhymes: -aɾ === Verb === cegar to blind ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: cegar == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cegar, from Latin caecāre (“to blind”), from caecus (“blind”). Compare Asturian, Catalan, and Spanish cegar. === Pronunciation === Homophone: segar Hyphenation: ce‧gar === Verb === cegar (first-person singular present cego, first-person singular preterite ceguei, past participle cegado) (transitive) to blind, to cause blindness ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Guinea-Bissau Creole: sega === Further reading === “cegar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cegar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish cegar, çegar, from Latin caecāre, from caecus (“blind”). Compare Catalan, Asturian, Galician, and Portuguese cegar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θeˈɡaɾ/ [θeˈɣ̞aɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /seˈɡaɾ/ [seˈɣ̞aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: ce‧gar Homophone: (Latin America, Philippines) segar === Verb === cegar (first-person singular present ciego, first-person singular preterite cegué, past participle cegado) (transitive) to blind (intransitive, reflexive) to go blind (transitive) to block, obstruct (a passageway, etc.) (transitive, poetic, literary) to ruin ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “cegar”, 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