cego
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɛ.ɡu/
cego is spelled C-E-G-O (4 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cego is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a blind person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of cegar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele desprovido de visão”.
What does cego mean in English?
adjective
- 1
blind (unable to see)
Eles são cegos.
- 2
blind; blinded (unable to realise the truth)
Vocês estão cegos? A resposta é óbvia!
- 3
dull (not sharp)
Esta faca está tão cega que não corta nem manteiga.
- 4
impartial (treating all parties equally)
A justiça é cega.
- 5
Portugalcolloquialhigh, stoned
noun
- 1
masculinea blind person
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of cegar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não vê; desprovido de visão 2. que impede o uso da razão 3. irracional, alucinado, desvairado 4. absoluto, ilimitado
noun: 1. aquele desprovido de visão
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cego
- cega feminine
- cegos masculine plural
- cegas feminine plural
- mais cego comparative
- o mais cego superlative
- ceguíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cego?
- Brazil /ˈsɛ.ɡu/
- Portugal /ˈsɛ.ɡu/
- Portugal [ˈsɛ.ɣu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cego
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cego in Portuguese?
cego appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).