cotovelo

Portuguese

O cotovelo de um homem - A man's elbow

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin cubitum (“elbow”) through Old Galician-Portuguese *covetelo, either from Latin cubitālis (via Mozarabic qubtal) or alternatively from Latin cubitellum. Cognate with Galician cotobelo. Cf. also the related coto and côvado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.toˈve.lu/, /ku.tuˈve.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.toˈve.lu/, /ku.tuˈve.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.toˈve.lo/, /ku.tuˈve.lo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈve.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈve.lu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈbe.lu/ [ku.tuˈβe.lu]

• Rhymes: -elu
• Hyphenation: co‧to‧ve‧lo

Noun

cotovelo m (plural cotovelos)

1. (anatomy) elbow

Descendants

• Spanish: cotobelo

Etymology 2

Verb

cotovelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cotovelar