coroa

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈɾoa̝/, /ˈkɾoa̝/

Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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coroa

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

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: co‧ro‧a

Etymology 1

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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.

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Noun

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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)
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Noun

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coroa m or f by sense (plural coroas)

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

Etymology 2

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Verb

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coroa

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