CompareSpanishceloso,Portuguesecioso. FromLate Latinzelosus, fromzelus, fromAncient Greekζῆλος(zêlos,“zeal, jealousy”).

• Rhymes:-oso
• Hyphenation:ce‧lo‧so

celoso (femininecelosa,masculine pluralcelosos,feminine pluralcelosas)

1. zealous
2. jealous

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “celoso”, inDicionario 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), “celoso”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “celoso”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

Inherited fromLate Latinzelōsus, fromzelus, fromAncient Greekζῆλος(zêlos,“zeal, jealousy”). CompareItaliangeloso,Frenchjaloux.

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

celoso (femininecelosa,masculine pluralcelosos,feminine pluralcelosas)

1. jealous
2. zealous

• “celoso”, inDiccionario 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