# cebar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From ceba +‎ -ar.

### Noun

cebar m (plural cebars)
* onion field
    Synonym: ceballar

### Further reading

* “cebar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* cevar (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin cibāre. Cognate with Portuguese cevar and Spanish cebar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [θeˈbaɾ], (western) [seˈbaɾ]

### Verb

cebar (first-person singular present cebo, first-person singular preterite cebei, past participle cebado)
* (transitive) to fatten
* (transitive) to feed, fodder
* (pronominal) to feed
** 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 142:o conde foy logo ferir enos mouros muy de rigeo, assy com̃o a aguia famienta ena caça quando sse quer çeuarthe count then went to clash stoutly with the Moors, as the hungry eagle wants to feed when chasing
* (transitive) to fertilize
* (transitive) to bait

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* ceba
* cebado

#### Related terms

* cebada
* cebeira

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “çevar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ceva”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cebar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “cebar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cebar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cebar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin cibāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θeˈbaɾ/ [θeˈβ̞aɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈbaɾ/ [seˈβ̞aɾ]
* Audio (Argentina):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ce‧bar

### Verb

cebar (first-person singular present cebo, first-person singular preterite cebé, past participle cebado)
* to bait
* to fatten, feed
    Synonyms: engordar, alimentar, fomentar
* to charge, load
    Synonym: rellenar
    cebar los cañones ― ready the cannons
* (reflexive) to turn on, vent, attack
    Synonyms: ensañar, encarnizar
    El racista se ceba con los pobres. ― The racist takes his anger out on the poor.
** 2020 July 16, “¿De verdad las películas de Clint Eastwood son una ofensa moral para las mujeres?”, in El País‎:He recordado la anécdota a propósito del último estreno de Clint Eastwood, Mula, y de cierta crítica ideológica y de género que suele cebarse con el cineasta de 88 años, declarado votante de Trump.I remembered the anecdote about the latest release from Clint Eastwood, Mula, and about certain ideological and gendered criticisms that the 88-year-old filmmaker, a professed Trump voter, is often attacked with.
* to add hot water to the yerba mate
    cebar el mate ― prepare maté
* to prime (fill with priming liquid)

#### 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.

#### Related terms

* cebada
* cebador
* cebo

### Further reading

* “cebar”, 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