celoso

See also: ceļošo

Galician

Etymology

Compare Spanish celoso, Portuguese cioso. From Late Latin zelosus, from zelus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θeˈloso/ [θeˈlo.s̺ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /θeˈloso/ [θeˈlo.s̺ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /seˈloso/ [seˈlo.sʊ]

• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: ce‧lo‧so

Adjective

celoso (feminine celosa, masculine plural celosos, feminine plural celosas)

1. zealous
2. jealous

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “celoso”, 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), “celoso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “celoso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin zelōsus, from zelus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Compare Italian geloso, French jaloux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈloso/ [θeˈlo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈloso/ [seˈlo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ce‧lo‧so

Adjective

celoso (feminine celosa, masculine plural celosos, feminine plural celosas)

1. jealous
2. zealous

Related terms

• celar
• celos

 

Further reading

• “celoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28