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cuerpo

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin corpus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkweɾpo/
  • Syllabification: cuer‧po
  • Rhymes: -eɾpo

Noun

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cuerpo m (plural cuerpos)

  1. body

References

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Old Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cuerpo m (plural cuerpos)

  1. (anatomy) body
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r:
      [] depues uino en roma. e alli lo fizo el cruel nero degollar. e de ſo cuerpo salio lech en logar de ſãgre.
      [] and then he came to Rome, and there the cruel Nero had him beheaded, and from his body flowed milk instead of blood.

Descendants

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  • Spanish: cuerpo

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkweɾpo/ [ˈkweɾ.po]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾpo
  • Syllabification: cuer‧po

Noun

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cuerpo m (plural cuerpos)

  1. body (the physical structure of a human or animal)
    • 2022 June 3, Sandee LaMotte, “El efecto 'Benjamin Button': científicos logran revertir el envejecimiento en ratones. El objetivo es hacer lo mismo con los humanos”, in CNN en Español[1]:
      Sinclair también toma 1 gramo de NMN, o mononucleótido de nicotinamida, que en el cuerpo se convierte en NAD+, o dinucleótido de nicotinamida y adenina.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. body, torso
    Synonyms: tronco, torso
  3. body, corpse
    Synonym: cadáver
    • 2025 November 2, Gloria López, “La embalsamadora que le da vida a la muerte [The embalmer who brings death to life]”, in El Sol de México[2]:
      Hace ocho meses preparó el cuerpo de un hombre nigeriano que se murió de una infección en la Ciudad de México.
      Eight months ago she prepared the body of a Nigerian man who died of an infection in Mexico City.
  4. body (unified collection of information)
  5. body (comparative viscosity of a liquid)
  6. corps, body, organization (group of people with a common purpose)
  7. (military, law enforcement) corps, force (e.g. army corps, police force)
  8. (geometry) body (three-dimensional object)
  9. (printing) body (shank of a type)
  10. (algebra) field
    Synonym: campo

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