ciegas

blind; in the dark

adverb SYEH-gahs Rare

Usage Note

Ciegas appears almost exclusively in the fixed adverbial phrase a ciegas ('blindly', 'in the dark', 'without information'). The seed marks it as a noun, but in practice it functions as an adverb within this idiom: actuar a ciegas (to act blindly). It is the feminine plural of ciego ('blind') frozen in this prepositional phrase — a common Spanish idiom structure.

Examples

"Tomó la decisión a ciegas."

Natural Translation

He made the decision blindly.

Literal Translation

He made the decision in-the-dark.

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