cepo

== Esperanto == === Etymology === From Latin cēpa. Compare Romanian ceapă, French cive (“chive”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡sepo/ Rhymes: -epo Syllabification: ce‧po === Noun === cepo (accusative singular cepon, plural cepoj, accusative plural cepojn) onion == Galician == === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese cepo, from Latin cippus (“post”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈθepo̝/, (western) /ˈsepo̝/ ==== Noun ==== cepo m (plural cepos) stump Synonyms: carocha, coto, cozo, toco trunk section used as support or workbench wooden mallet ===== Derived terms ===== Cepo ===== Related terms ===== cepa ==== References ==== Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cepo”, 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), “cepo”, 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), “cepo”, 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), “cepo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cepo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== cepo first-person singular present indicative of cepar == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin cippus. Doublet of the borrowed cipo. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -epu Hyphenation: ce‧po === Noun === cepo m (plural cepos) log (trunk of a tree used as timber) Synonyms: toro, tora pillory (figuratively, derogatory) indolent, stupid or worthless person trap used to capture birds, rabbits and other animals the part of the plough that penetrates the earth === Further reading === “cepo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cepo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “cepo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of the borrowed cipo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθepo/ [ˈθe.po] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈsepo/ [ˈse.po] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -epo Syllabification: ce‧po === Noun === cepo m (plural cepos) snare, trap Synonym: trampa shackle Synonym: grillete clamp (for vehicles etc.) branch (of tree) Synonym: gajo alms box (Argentina, economics) ellipsis of cepo cambiario (“foreign exchange control”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “cepo”, 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