celoso

See also: ceļošo

Galician

Etymology

Compare Spanish celoso, Portuguese cioso. From Late Latin zelosus, from zelus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θeˈloso/ [θeˈlo.s̺ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /θeˈloso/ [θeˈlo.s̺ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /seˈloso/ [seˈlo.sʊ]

• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: ce‧lo‧so

Adjective

celoso (feminine celosa, masculine plural celosos, feminine plural celosas)

1. zealous
2. jealous

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “celoso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “celoso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “celoso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin zelōsus, from zelus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Compare Italian geloso, French jaloux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈloso/ [θeˈlo.so] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /seˈloso/ [seˈlo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ce‧lo‧so

Adjective

celoso (feminine celosa, masculine plural celosos, feminine plural celosas)

1. jealous
2. zealous

   Alternative form: zeloso (archaic)

Related terms

• celar
• celo
• celos
• celota
• celote
• celotismo

Further reading

• “celoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “celoso”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “celoso”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021
• “celoso”, in Diccionario del español de México [Dictionary of the Spanish of Mexico] (in Spanish), second edition, Mexican Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Mexicana de la Lengua], 2019
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “celoso”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA