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coto.

preserve, wildlife preserve, land preserve

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkoto/[ˈko.t̪o]
  1. preserve, wildlife preserve, land preserve

    masculine
  2. enclosed area of land

    masculine
    coto de caza
  3. landmark

    masculine
  4. limit, boundary

    masculine
  5. howler monkey

    masculine
  6. mandate

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin cautus (“safe, secure”). Doublet of cauto. Compare Galician and Portuguese couto.

noun/ˈkoto/[ˈko.t̪o]
  1. coto, half-palm (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 10.4 cm)

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

Supposedly a variant of codo (“Spanish cubit”), via Old Spanish cobdo and other Vulgar Latin forms of Latin cubitum (“elbow, Roman cubit”), but more probably a development of or influenced by Latin quārtus (“a fourth”) from its use as a fourth of the cubit or Latin quattuor (“four”) from its approximation of the span across four fingers.

noun/ˈkoto/[ˈko.t̪o]
  1. sculpin (fish)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from New Latin cottus, from Ancient Greek κόττος (kóttos).

noun/ˈkoto/[ˈko.t̪o]
  1. goitre

    Latin-America · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Quechua koto (“mumps, goiter”).

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