Masculine

céu

Meaning

(masculine) sky
(masculine) heaven

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛw/

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ceo (“sky; heaven”), from Latin caelum (“sky”), from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-. Cognate with Galician ceo, Spanish cielo, Catalan cel, Occitan cèl, French ciel, Italian cielo and Romanian cer.

Cognate with Galician

ceo

Cognate with Spanish

cielo

Cognate with Catalan

cel

Cognate with French

ciel

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Sentences

An user

Um
1

cara com óculos de sol
😎

e uma mochila
🎒

apontando para o

céu .

A guy with sunglasses and a backpack pointing at the sky.

An user

O

céu e a

terra passarão , mas minhas palavras não
🚫

passarão .

“Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.”