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

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

• campo da feira
• camposanto

Related terms

• campaña
• campar
• campazo
• campechán
• campeiro
• campelo
• campesiño
• campestre
• campiña
• campiñela
• campío
• 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 Santamarina, Antón (dir.), Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja: Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (v 4.0). 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 càmpu, Spanish campo, Tetum kampu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkam.po/

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

→

• 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. 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]
• Hyphenation: cam‧po

• 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.