aceso

See also: Aceso and acêso

Galician

Alternative forms

• enceso

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aceso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin accēnsus. Compare Italian acceso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθeso̝/, (western) /aˈseso̝/

Adjective

aceso (feminine acesa, masculine plural acesos, feminine plural acesas)

1. lit; lighted (burning, especially with a small, controlled fire)
2. (of a light source) lit; on (activated and emitting light)
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 12:

     Et a cãdea foy logo acesa

     And the candle was then lit

3. reddened, flushed, blushed

   Que vergonza! Teño a cara acesa? ― I'm so embarrassed! Is my face red?

Participle

aceso (feminine acesa, masculine plural acesos, feminine plural acesas)

1. short masculine singular past participle of acender

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aceso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aces”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aceso”, 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), “aceso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aceso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• acêso (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aceso, from Latin accēnsus. Compare Italian acceso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈse.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈse.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈse.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈse.zu/

• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧so

Adjective

aceso (feminine acesa, masculine plural acesos, feminine plural acesas, comparable, comparative mais aceso, superlative o mais aceso or acesíssimo)

2. lit; lighted (burning, especially with a small, controlled fire)
4. (of a light source) lit; on (activated and emitting light)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:aceso.