cecear

Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.seˈa(ʁ)/ [se.seˈa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /se.seˈa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /se.seˈa(ʁ)/ [se.seˈa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /se.seˈa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈsjaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈsja.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: ce‧ce‧ar

Verb

cecear (first-person singular present ceceio, first-person singular preterite ceceei, past participle ceceado)

  1. to lisp (to pronounce the sibilant letter /s/ imperfectly)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cecear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal cecear
Personal cecear ceceares cecear cecearmos ceceardes cecearem
Gerund
ceceando
Past participle
Masculine ceceado ceceados
Feminine ceceada ceceadas
Indicative
Present ceceio ceceias ceceia ceceamos ceceais ceceiam
Imperfect ceceava ceceavas ceceava ceceávamos ceceáveis ceceavam
Preterite ceceei ceceaste ceceou ceceamos1, ceceámos2 ceceastes cecearam
Pluperfect ceceara cecearas ceceara ceceáramos ceceáreis cecearam
Future cecearei cecearás ceceará cecearemos ceceareis cecearão
Conditional cecearia cecearias cecearia cecearíamos cecearíeis ceceariam
Subjunctive
Present ceceie ceceies ceceie ceceemos ceceeis ceceiem
Imperfect ceceasse ceceasses ceceasse ceceássemos ceceásseis ceceassem
Future cecear ceceares cecear cecearmos ceceardes cecearem
Imperative
Affirmative ceceia ceceie ceceemos ceceai ceceiem
Negative (não) não ceceies não ceceie não ceceemos não ceceeis não ceceiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θeθeˈaɾ/ [θe.θeˈaɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /seseˈaɾ/ [se.seˈaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ce‧ce‧ar

Verb

cecear (first-person singular present ceceo, first-person singular preterite ceceé, past participle ceceado)

  1. (intransitive) to make a sibilant noise

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cecear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive cecear
gerund ceceando
past participle masculine feminine
singular ceceado ceceada
plural ceceados ceceadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ceceo ceceastú
ceceásvos 		cecea ceceamos ceceáis cecean
imperfect ceceaba ceceabas ceceaba ceceábamos ceceabais ceceaban
preterite ceceé ceceaste ceceó ceceamos ceceasteis cecearon
future cecearé cecearás ceceará cecearemos cecearéis cecearán
conditional cecearía cecearías cecearía cecearíamos cecearíais cecearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cecee ceceestú
ceceésvos2 		cecee ceceemos ceceéis ceceen
imperfect
(ra) 		ceceara cecearas ceceara ceceáramos cecearais cecearan
imperfect
(se) 		cecease ceceases cecease ceceásemos ceceaseis ceceasen
future1 ceceare ceceares ceceare ceceáremos ceceareis cecearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative ceceatú
ceceávos 		cecee ceceemos cecead ceceen
negative no cecees no cecee no ceceemos no ceceéis no ceceen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Descendants

  • → Neapolitan: zecchiare

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