ceibo

English

Etymology

From Spanish ceibo.

Noun

ceibo (plural ceibos)

1. The tree Erythrina crista-galli.

Anagrams

• Boice, Cobie

Galician

Etymology 1

From ceibe, from Latin caelebs (“single, unmarried”).

Alternative forms

• ceibe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθejβo̝/, (western) /ˈsejβo̝/

Adjective

ceibo (feminine ceiba, masculine plural ceibos, feminine plural ceibas)

1. free (to roam, applied to an animal or to a terrain)

   Synonym: solto

   —Ollo ao can que está ceibo!

   —Watch out, the dog is loose!

Related terms

• ceibar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “çeyb”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ceibo”, 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), “ceibo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ceibo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

ceibo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ceibar

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from ceiba, from Taíno.

Noun

ceibo m (plural ceibos)

1. one of several species of trees, principally Erythrina crista-galli

Further reading

• “ceibo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10