cheo

See also: CHEO, Cheo, chẽo, and chèo

Galician

Alternative forms

• cheio (Reintegrationist)
• chen (Galician-Asturian)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chẽo, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Compare Portuguese cheio, Spanish lleno, Sicilian chinu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeo/ [ˈt͡ʃe.ʊ]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: che‧o

Adjective

cheo (feminine chea, masculine plural cheos, feminine plural cheas)

1. full

   Antonyms: baleiro, baldeiro

2. (figurative) stuffed, sated

   Synonym: farto

3. (figurative) tired, fed up

   Synonyms: canso, farto

Derived terms

• chea
• manchea (“handful”, literally “handful”)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cheo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cheo”, 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), “cheo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cheo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN