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cotovelo.

elbow

8 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ku.tuˈve.lu/Brazil/ko.toˈve.lu/Brazil/ku.tuˈve.lu/Portugal/ku.tuˈbe.lu/Northern, Portugal

  1. elbow

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ku.tuˈvɛ.lu/Brazil/ko.toˈvɛ.lu/Brazil/ku.tuˈvɛ.lu/Portugal/ku.tuˈbɛ.lu/Northern, Portugal

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cotovelar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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