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covardia

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From covard (coward) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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covardia f (plural covardies)

  1. cowardice (the lack of courage)

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese covardia, from covarda, from Old French coart, cuard, from coe (tail) + -ard (pejorative agent noun); coe is in turn from Latin cauda. The reference seems to be to an animal “turning tail”, or having its tail between its legs, especially a dog.

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Noun

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covardia f (uncountable)

  1. cowardice (the lack of courage)
    Synonyms: medo, pusilanimidade
    Antonym: coragem
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