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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cepo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cepo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cepo”, 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), “cepo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cepo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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 (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈθepo/ [ˈθe.po] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsepo/ [ˈse.po] (Latin America, Philippines)
• 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)

   Synonym: gajo

5. alms box
6. (Argentina, economics) ellipsis of cepo cambiario (“foreign exchange control”)
   • 2025 January 14, Ana Clara Pedotti, “Inflación de diciembre: bajaría el ajuste mensual del dólar y la tasa de interés”, in Clarín, page 12:

     La semana pasada Javier Milei relacionó la marcha del crawling peg con las posibilidades de salir del cepo.

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