corpanzil

Portuguese

From corpo (“body”).

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁ.pɐ̃ˈziw/ [koh.pɐ̃ˈziʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾ.pɐ̃ˈziw/ [koɾ.pɐ̃ˈziʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁ.pɐ̃ˈziw/ [koχ.pɐ̃ˈziʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻ.pɐ̃ˈziw/ [koɻ.pɐ̃ˈziʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.pɐ̃ˈzil/ [kuɾ.pɐ̃ˈziɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.pɐ̃ˈzi.li/

corpanzil m (plural corpanzis)

a large, bulky body, or a person with such a body
- 1997, J. K. Rowling, chapter 10, in Harry Potter e a Pedra Filosofal:
  Era uma visão medonha. Quase quatro metros de altura, a pele cinzenta e baça, o corpanzil cheio de calombos como um pedregulho e uma cabecinha no alto, que mais parecia um coco. Tinha pernas curtas, grossas como um tronco de árvore e pés chatos e calosos. Segurava um enorme bastão de madeira, que arrastava pelo chão, porque seus braços eram compridíssimos.
  It was a horrible sight. Twelve feet tall, its skin was a dull, granite grey, its great lumpy body like a boulder with its small bald head perched on top like a coconut. It had short legs thick as tree trunks with flat, horny feet. The smell coming from it was incredible. It was holding a huge wooden club, which dragged along the floor because its arms were so long.
Augmentative of corpo