cotovelo
Portuguese
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin cubitum (“elbow”) through Old Galician-Portuguese *covetelo, either from Latin cubitālis (via Mozarabic qubtal)[1] or alternatively from Latin cubitellum[2]. Cognate with Galician cotobelo. Cf. also the related coto and côvado.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: co‧to‧ve‧lo
Noun
cotovelo m (plural cotovelos)
Descendants
- Spanish: cotobelo
References
Categories:
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Mozarabic
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
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