ciego

/ˈθjeɡo/ · A2 · adj

blind

🦯 From Latin caecus = blind; same root as English cecum, the blind gut

Latin caecus (blind) became ciego in Spanish. English keeps the root in cecum, the dead-end pouch of the intestine, literally the blind gut. The drunk sense matches English blind drunk: so plastered you cannot see straight.

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