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campo

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See also: campó and campò

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Etymology 1

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English camp(us)
English -o
English campo

    From camp(us) + -o.

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    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.

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    From Spanish campo and/or Portuguese campo. Doublet of camp and campus.

    Noun

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    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, [...]

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    Verb

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    campo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of campar

    Galician

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    O campo

    Etymology

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese campo, from Latin campus. Compare Portuguese and Spanish campo.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkampo/ [ˈkɑm.pʊ]
    • Rhymes: -ampo
    • Hyphenation: cam‧po

    Noun

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    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, editor, 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, editor, 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

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    Italian

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    Pronunciation

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

    Etymology 1

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    From Latin campus (“wild field”). Compare English camp.

    Noun

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    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.)
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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    campo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of campare

    Latin

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    Noun

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    campō

    1. dative/ablative singular of campus

    Old Spanish

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    Alternative forms

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    • canpo (alternative spelling)

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    From Latin campus.

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    campo m (plural campos)

    1. field, open plain
      • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 63v:
        é aduxom al cãpo é era pleno de hueſſos e fizom trocir ſobrellos aderedor é eran muchos ſobre fazeſ del cãpo e eran ſecos muchoſ
        [E aduxo-m al campo, e era pleno de huessos, e fizo-m trocir sobr'ellos aderedor. E eran muchos sobre fazes del campo e eran secos muchos.]
        And He lead me to the field, and it was full of bones, and He made me pass over them all around. And there were many on the surface of the field, and they were very dry.

    Descendants

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    • Spanish: campo
      • → English: camp, campo
      • → Ye'kwana: kamju

    Portuguese

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    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology 1

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      From Old Galician-Portuguese campo, from Latin campus (“wild field”). Doublet of campus, a borrowing from Latin. Compare Galician and Spanish campo.

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      • Rhymes: -ɐ̃pu
      • Hyphenation: cam‧po

      Noun

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      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
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      Verb

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      campo

      1. first-person singular present indicative of campar

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      Spanish

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      Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia es

      Pronunciation

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      Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Old Spanish campo, from Latin campus (“wild field”). Compare Portuguese campo.

      Noun

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      campo m (plural campos)

      1. countryside, country
        Synonym: paisaje
        En el campo, es tranquilo.
        In the countryside, it's peaceful.
      2. field (large open area)
      3. (sports) pitch, (US) field (field on which soccer, rugby or field hockey is played)
        Synonym: cancha
        campo de fútbol ― soccer field
      4. (golf) course
        Synonym: (Latin America) cancha
        campo de golf ― golf course
      5. field (domain of knowledge or practice)
      6. (New Mexico, anglicism) camp
      7. (physics) field
        Synonym: cuerpo
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      Etymology 2

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

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      campo

      1. first-person singular present indicative of campar

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