cepo

From Latin cēpa. Compare Romanian ceapă, French cive (“chive”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sepo]
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• Rhymes: -epo
• Hyphenation: ce‧po

cepo (accusative singular cepon, plural cepoj, accusative plural cepojn)

1. onion

From Old Galician-Portuguese cepo, from Latin cippus (“post”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθepo̝/, (western) /ˈsepo̝/

cepo m (plural cepos)

1. stump

   Synonyms: carocha, coto, cozo, toco

2. trunk section used as support or workbench
3. wooden mallet

• Cepo

• cepa

• “cepo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cepo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cepo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cepo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cepo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

cepo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cepar

From Latin cippus. Doublet of the borrowed cipo.

• Rhymes: -epu
• Hyphenation: ce‧po

cepo m (plural cepos)

1. log (trunk of a tree used as timber)

   Synonyms: toro, tora

2. (figuratively, derogatory) indolent, stupid or worthless person
3. trap used to capture birds, rabbits and other animals
4. the part of the plough that penetrates the earth

• “cepo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Inherited from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of the borrowed cipo.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθepo/ [ˈθe.po]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsepo/ [ˈse.po]
• Rhymes: -epo
• Syllabification: ce‧po

cepo m (plural cepos)

1. snare, trap

   Synonym: trampa

2. shackle
3. clamp (for vehicles etc.)
4. branch (of tree)
5. alms box

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