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corpo

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English

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Etymology

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Clipping of corporate +‎ -o; or clipping of corporation +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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corpo (plural corpos) (informal, derogatory)

  1. A person, especially an executive, who works for or serves the interests of a big business or corporation.
    You can always spot a corpo: slick suit, fake smile, and eyes on the bottom line.
    I used to be a corpo, stuck in the rat race until I realized I was just a cog in the machine.
  2. A corporation.
    I worked for one of the big corpos.
    She's a corpo VTuber.

Galician

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese corpo, from Latin corpus.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkoɾpo/ [ˈkoɾ.pʊ]
    • Rhymes: -oɾpo
    • Hyphenation: cor‧po

    Noun

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    corpo m (plural corpos)

    1. body, torso
    2. corpse
    3. corporation

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    Italian

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-. Doublet of the borrowing corpus.

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    Noun

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    corpo m (plural corpi)

    1. body (the physical structure of a human or animal)
    2. body, corpse
      Synonym: cadavere
    3. body (any physical object or material thing)
    4. corpus
    5. corps, body, organization (group of people with a common purpose)
    6. (military) corps
    7. (printing) body (shank of a type)
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    Further reading

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    • “corpo”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

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    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese corpo, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-. Doublet of the borrowings corpus and cós.

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    corpo m (plural corpos, metaphonic)

    1. (anatomy) body
      • 1943, André Luiz, Francisco Cândido Xavier, Nosso Lar:
        — Que buscas, infeliz? Aonde vais, suicida?
        Tais objurgatórias, incessantemente repetidas, perturbavam-me o coração. Infeliz, sim; mas suicida? — nunca! Essas increpações, a meu ver, não eram procedentes. Eu havia deixado o corpo físico a contragosto.
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    2. corpse, cadaver
      Synonym: cadáver
    3. any limited amount of matter
      Dois corpos de cargas iguais se repelem. ― Two objects with like charges repel each other.
    4. corps, body, organization (group of people with a common purpose)
      Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais ― Marine Corps
      Corpo de bombeiros ― Fire department
    5. (military) corps
    6. consistency, firmness; strength [with tomar]
      Mexa a massa até tomar corpo. ― Stir the dough until it is firm.
      Os protestos populares tomaram corpo. ― The popular protests have become stronger.
    7. muscle mass
      Quero ganhar corpo até o fim do ano. ― I want to gain muscle before the end of the year.
    8. (printing) body (shank of a type)

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    Descendants

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    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: kurpu
    • Kristang: korpu
    • Macanese: corpo

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