celoso
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Compare Spanish celoso, Portuguese cioso. From Late Latin zelosus, from zelus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -oso
Hyphenation: ce‧lo‧so
=== Adjective ===
celoso (feminine celosa, masculine plural celosos, feminine plural celosas)
zealous
jealous
=== References ===
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “celoso”, 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), “celoso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “celoso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Late Latin zelōsus, from zelus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Compare Italian geloso, French jaloux.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /θeˈloso/ [θeˈlo.so] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
IPA(key): /seˈloso/ [seˈlo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -oso
Syllabification: ce‧lo‧so
=== Adjective ===
celoso (feminine celosa, masculine plural celosos, feminine plural celosas)
jealous
zealous
Alternative form: zeloso (archaic)
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“celoso”, 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
“celoso”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
“celoso”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021
“celoso”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “celoso”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA