coroa

See also: corõa

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese corõa (“crown”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).

Alternative forms

• croa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈɾoa̝/, /ˈkɾoa̝/

Noun

coroa f (plural coroas)

1. crown
2. (metonymically) sovereign
3. (by extension) the government, the state
4. krone
5. (toponymy, archaeology) hill-fort; ringfort; locally, a walled Iron Age fort
   • 1252, J.I. Fernández de Viana & al. (eds.), "El Tumbo de Caaveiro. 1ª Parte. | 2ª Parte", Cátedra (Revista eumesa de estudios), 4, page 353:

     commo departe per la coroa de Castro Reyriz, e commo se vay a dereito ao pescoço de Castro Mao

     as it departs from the crown of Castro [Castle/Hill fort] Reyriz, as it goes right into the neck of Castro Mao

6. an ancient local currency
   • 1396, Alexandra Cabana Outeiro, editor, O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397, Valga: Concello de Valga, page 140:

     os quaes moravedís eu por noso mandado fisen troquar a ouro a XXXIIJ moravedís e medio o franquo, e a coroa a trijnta e sete moravedís, Jtem as dobras castelãas a trijnta e oyto moravedís e medio, jtem doblas mouriscas a trijnta e sete moravedís e medio, jtem frolíjns d'Aragón vijnte e dous moravedís e medio, jtem ducates a trijnta e dous moravedís e medio

     I ordered to exchange in gold the aforementioned sum of maravedis: 33 mo. and a half each franc; each crown 37 mo.; item, each Castilian dobla 38 mo. and a half; each Moorish dobla 37 mo. and a half; item, florins from Aragon, 22 mo. and a half; item, ducats, 32 mo. and a half

7. tonsure

Related terms

• Croa
• coroa de frade (“woolly thistle”, literally “friar's crown”)
• coroación
• coroado
• coroamento
• coroar
• Coroas
• coronal
• Croas

References

• “coroa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “coroa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “coroa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “coroa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “coroa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

coroa

1. inflection of coroar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈɾo.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈɾo.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈɾo.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾo.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾo.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾo(w).ɐ/

• Hyphenation: co‧ro‧a

Etymology 1

coroa

From Old Galician-Portuguese corõa (“crown”), from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”), from Proto-Indo-European *kor, *ker. Doublet of corona.

Alternative forms

• corôa (obsolete)

Noun

coroa f (plural coroas)

1. crown (royal, imperial or princely headdress)
2. crown (imperial or regal power, or those who wield it)
3. (heraldry) crown (as depicted above a coat of arms)
4. (dentistry) crown (prosthetic covering for a tooth)
5. tails (reverse side of a coin)

   Antonym: cara

6. crown (any of various coins or currencies, including the krone, krona, koruna)

Related terms

• coroação
• coroado
• coroamento
• coroar
• corola
• corolário
• corona
• coronal
• coronário

 

Noun

coroa m or f by sense (plural coroas)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) a middle-aged person

Etymology 2

Verb

coroa

1. inflection of coroar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative