codo

See also: co do

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• coudou, kàdo

Etymology

From Latin cubitum.

Noun

codo m

1. elbow

References

• coude in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkodo/ [ˈko.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -odo

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish cobdo, from Latin cubitus, from cubitum (“elbow”). Compare the borrowed doublet cúbito. Cognate with Portuguese coto, French coude, Romanian cot, English cubit.

Noun

codo m (plural codos)

1. (anatomy) elbow
2. cubit (measure)

Derived terms

• codera
• codo con codo
• empinar el codo
• hablar por los codos
• comerse los codos de hambre
• hinchar los codos
• partirse los codos
• romperse los codos

Related terms

• cúbito

Etymology 2

From codicia or codicioso, influenced by codo (“elbow”), perhaps with an initially euphemistic intention.

Adjective

codo (feminine coda, masculine plural codos, feminine plural codas)

1. (colloquial, Mexico) selfish, avaricious, stingy

Further reading

• “codo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014