campo

See also: campó and campò

English

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.

Anagrams

• mo-cap, mocap

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Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

campo m (plural campos)

1. field (open land area)
2. field (region affected by a force)

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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 càmpu, Spanish campo, Tetum kampu.

Noun

campo m (plural campi)

1. field (agricultural, sports)
2. battlefield, airfield
3. range
4. signal (mobile network)
5. shot (film)
6. (arts) background (of a painting)
7. (in Venice) square (smaller than a piazza)
8. tether (the limit of one's abilities, resources etc)

Related terms

Related terms

• 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 singular of campus
2. 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]

Noun

campo m (plural campos)

1. The country; the countryside

   O campo é tranquilo

   The countryside is peaceful

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

Related terms

• acampar, campina, campanha, acampamento

See also

• cidade (“city”)
• mar (“sea”)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkampo/, [ˈkãmpo]

• Audio (Latin America)

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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.