# cegar
## Asturian
### Verb

cegar (first-person singular indicative present cego, past participle cegáu)
* (transitive) to blind (make temporarily or permanently blind)

#### Related terms

* ciegu

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin caecāre, a verb based on caecus 'blind' (adj.).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [səˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [seˈɣaɾ]

### Verb

cegar (first-person singular present cego, first-person singular preterite ceguí, past participle cegat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (transitive) to blind
* (transitive) to block off, obstruct
** 1938, Lluís Nicolau d'Olwer, El pont de la mar blava:En aquests estanys, ara mig cegats per la sorra, va recolzar-se durant molts segles un dels més forts imperis comercials que mai han existit.In these pools, now half filled with sand, rested for several centuries one of the most powerful commercial empires which has ever existed.

#### Derived terms

* cegament
* encegar

#### Related terms

* cec

### Further reading

* “cegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cegar, from Latin caecāre (“to blind”), from caecus (“blind”). Compare Portuguese, Asturian, Spanish, and Catalan cegar.

### Verb

cegar (first-person singular present cego, first-person singular preterite ceguei, past participle cegado)
* to blind

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin caecāre (“to blind”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡se.ˈɡaɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

cegar
* to blind

#### Descendants

* Galician: cegar
* Portuguese: cegar (see there for further descendants)

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "cegar"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cegar, from Latin caecāre (“to blind”), from caecus (“blind”). Compare Galician, Asturian, Spanish, and Catalan cegar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /seˈɡa(ʁ)/ [seˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /seˈɡa(ʁ)/ [seˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /seˈɡa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /seˈɡa(ʁ)/ [seˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /seˈɡa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨˈɡaɾ/ [sɨˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨˈɡaɾ/ [sɨˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [sɨˈɣa.ɾi]
* Homophone: segar
* Hyphenation: ce‧gar

### Verb

cegar (first-person singular present cego, first-person singular preterite ceguei, past participle cegado)
* (transitive) to blind, to cause blindness

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Descendants

* Guinea-Bissau Creole: sega

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin caecāre, a verb based on caecus 'blind' (adj.).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θeˈɡaɾ/ [θeˈɣ̞aɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈɡaɾ/ [seˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ce‧gar

### Verb

cegar (first-person singular present ciego, first-person singular preterite cegué, past participle cegado)
* (transitive) to blind
* (intransitive, reflexive) to go blind
* (transitive) to block, obstruct (a passageway, etc.)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* cegador
* cegamiento

#### Related terms

* ciego

#### Further reading

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