campo

See also: campó and campò

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

camp(us) +‎ -o

Noun

campo (plural campos)

1. (US, slang) A police officer assigned to a university campus.
   • 2005, Julia Schwent, Gohari Omid, Rice University College Prowler Off the Record (page 135)

     Baker Fountain [is] fun to run through, if you can avoid slipping or getting busted by the Campos.

Etymology 2

Spanish campo and/or Portuguese campo.

Noun

campo (plural campos)

1. A field or plain in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking area.
   • 1853, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, and Geology, page 468:

     [...], from the bare table-land of Mexico, and their great scarcity on the open campos of the interior of Brasil.

   • 1890, The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, page 226:

     The name Serlao, meaning originally the interior as distinguished from the maritime country, has come to be applied to dry, hilly, and stony districts of the campos only suited for pasture. To the agricultural coast belt of the eastern provinces [...]

   • 1892, Almont Barnes, Report on the Agriculture of South America: With Maps and Latest Statistics of Trade, page 78:

     The vegetation of this part of Brazil is characteristic of the campos (plains).

   • 1968, Roy Nash, The Conquest of Brazil, Biblo & Tannen Publishers (→ISBN), page 74:

     Characteristically, the campos of Brazil show scattered woody vegetation. Open grasslands are interlarded between various types of woodland pasture in a way impossible to indicate on a small-scale map, [...]

Anagrams

• mo-cap, mocap

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Galician

O campo

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese campo, from Latin campus. Compare Portuguese campo, Asturian campu, Spanish campo, French champ, Italian campo, Sardinian càmpu, Romanian câmp, English camp, Esperanto kampo, Tetum kampu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkampo̝/

Noun

campo m (plural campos)

1. field (open land area)
   • 1343, Cal Pardo, Enrique (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 143:

     o canpo do çimiterio da iglesia da dita villa de Ribadeu

     the cemetery field of the church of this town of Ribadeo

2. meadow, pasture
   • 1280, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1090:

     Fernan Eanes, yrmao do mayordomo, veo a os canpos de Carraszedo et thomoulle LII ovellas et adussellas per Cedeyra

     Fernán Eanes, the butler's brother, came to the pastures of Carracedo and took 52 sheep from him and took them to Cedeira

3. (sports) field
4. (heraldry) field
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 613:

     en meogo do escudo, en que tragía hũa agia d'ouro et o canpo uerde

     in the middle of the shield, where it had a golden eagle on green field

5. (physics) field (region affected by a force)
6. farmland
7. plaza
8. battleground; battlefield
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 565:

     Pois que el rrey Menõ fuj morto, os troiãos leixarõ o canpo

     after king Menon was dead the Trojans left the battleground

Derived terms

• campa
• Campa
• Campo
• campo da feira
• Campo da feira
• Campo Longo
• Campo Redondo
• Campos
• Campolongo
• Camporrapado
• Camporredondo
• camposanto
• Campoverde

Related terms

• campaña
• campar
• campazo
• campechán
• campeiro
• campelo
• Campelo
• Campelos
• campesiño
• campestre
• campiña
• campiñela
• campío
• camposa
• Camposa
• camposo
• escampada
• escampado
• escampar
• escampo

References

• “canpo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “campo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “canpo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “campo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “campo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “campo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve”). Compare English camp, Esperanto kampo, French champ, Portuguese campo, Romanian câmp, Sardinian campu, Spanish campo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkam.po/
• Rhymes: -ampo
• Hyphenation: càm‧po

Noun

campo m (plural campi)

1. (sports, agriculture) field

   campo da tennis ― tennis court

2. battlefield, airfield

   campo di battaglia ― battlefield

3. range
4. signal (mobile network)
5. (film) shot

   campo lungo ― long shot

6. (art) background (of a painting)
7. (in Venice) square (smaller than a piazza)
8. tether (the limit of one's abilities, resources etc)

Related terms

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• campagna
• campale
• campata
• campesino
• campestre
• campetto
• campiello
• campire
• campo d'aviazione (“airfield”)
• campo da calcio (“football pitch”)
• campo di concentramento (“concentration camp”)

• campo di cricket (“cricket pitch”)
• campo da golf (“golf course”)
• campo di battaglia (“battlefield”)
• campo di grano (“cornfield”)
• campo da tennis (“tennis court”)
• campo di visibilità (“field of visibility”)
• campo giochi (“play area”)
• campo lungo (“longshot (film)”)
• camporella
• campo petrolifero (“oilfield”)
• camposanto

Verb

campo

1. first-person singular present indicative of campare

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Latin

Noun

campō

1. dative and ablative singular of campus

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese campo, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend; crooked”). Compare English camp, Esperanto kampo, French champ, Italian campo, Romanian câmp, Sardinian càmpu, Spanish campo, Tetum kampu.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈkɐ̃.pʊ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈkɜ̃.pʊ]
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈkɜ̃.po]
• Hyphenation: cam‧po

Noun

campo m (plural campos)

1. country; countryside

   Coordinate terms: cidade, mar

   O campo é tranquilo ― The countryside is peaceful

   Uma casa no campo. ― A house in the countryside.

2. field (large open area, especially one where crops are grown or sports are played)
3. field (domain of knowledge or practice)
4. (physics) field

   campo magnético ― magnetic field

Derived terms

• campo magnético

Related terms

• acampamento
• acampar
• campanha
• campina

 

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkampo/, [ˈkãmpo]
• Hyphenation: cam‧po

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Etymology 1

From Old Spanish campo, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve”). Compare English camp, Esperanto kampo, French champ, Italian campo, Portuguese campo, Romanian câmp, Sardinian càmpu, Tetum kampu.

Noun

campo m (plural campos)

1. countryside, country

   En el campo, es tranquilo.

   In the countryside, it's peaceful.

2. field (large open area)
3. field (domain of knowledge or practice)
4. (New Mexico, anglicism) camp
5. (physics) field

Usage notes

• Campo is a false friend, and does not mean camp. Spanish equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry camp.

Derived terms

• campal
• campar
• campero
• campestre

Related terms

• campesino
• campana
• campaña

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

campo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of campar.

Further reading

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