celaje

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cielo meaning sky and the suffix -aje meaning -age.

Noun

celaje m (plural celajes)

(painting) cloud effect
skylight
harbinger, herald
(nautical) (group of) clouds
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
  -Infalible -dijo-. Hay celaje allí, y no puede fallar la sentencia que dice: Fronilde nublada, Ficóbriga mojada.
  "Unfailing," he said. There are clouds over there, and the saying that goes: "Cloudy Fronilde, Wet Ficóbriga" cannot fail.

Related terms

cielo

Further reading

“celaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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