cotovelo

Portuguese

A man’s elbow.

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin cubitum (“elbow”) through Old Galician-Portuguese *covetelo, either from Latin cubitālis (via Mozarabic qubtal) or alternatively from Latin cubitellum. Cognate with Galician cotobelo. Cf. also the related coto and côvado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈve.lu/, /ko.toˈve.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈve.lu/, /ko.toˈve.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.toˈve.lo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈve.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈve.lu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈbe.lu/ [ku.tuˈβe.lu]

• Rhymes: -elu
• Hyphenation: co‧to‧ve‧lo

Noun

cotovelo m (plural cotovelos)

1. (anatomy) elbow

Derived terms

• cotovelada
• cotovelado
• cotovelão
• cotovelar
• cotoveleira
• cotovelinho
• dor de cotovelo / dor de coto

Related terms

• coto
• côvado
• cúbito

Descendants

• Spanish: cotobelo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈvɛ.lu/, /ko.toˈvɛ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈvɛ.lu/, /ko.toˈvɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.toˈvɛ.lo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈvɛ.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈvɛ.lu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈbɛ.lu/ [ku.tuˈβɛ.lu]

• Hyphenation: co‧to‧ve‧lo

Verb

cotovelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cotovelar