ciego

Meaning

cegar

(transitive) to blind
(intransitive, reflexive) to go blind
(transitive) to block, obstruct (a passageway, etc.)

blind man

sightless person

stopped up

see a ciegas

visual disability

visual impairment

deficiencia visual

discapacidad visual

resto visual

ileón

ver prenumbra

piti

pipiciego

novidente

los ojos secos

τυφλός

òrb

cec

Frequency

Hyphenated as

cie‧go

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈθjeɡo/

Inherited from Old Spanish

Inherited from Latin

Cognate with English

Cognate with Portuguese

Cognate with Italian

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”). Compare English caecum, Portuguese cego, and Italian cieco.

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