cotovelo

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Portuguese

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O cotovelo de um homem - A man's elbow

Etymology 1

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Ultimately from Latin cubitum (“elbow”) through Old Galician-Portuguese *covetelo, either from Latin cubitālis (via Mozarabic qubtal)[1] or alternatively from Latin cubitellum.[2] Cognate with Galician cotobelo. Cf. also the related coto and côvado.

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

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cotovelo m (plural cotovelos)

  1. (anatomy) elbow
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Spanish: cotobelo

References

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  1. ^ “cotovelo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
  2. ^ “cotovelo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Etymology 2

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Verb

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cotovelo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cotovelar
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