codo

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) elbow
2. (masculine) cubit (an informal unit of length based on the distance of a forearm and hand)
3. (historical,masculine) codo, Spanish cubit (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 41.6 cm)

Adj

selfish, avaricious, stingy

Hyphenated as

co‧do

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkodo/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cobdo (“Spanish cubit”), from Latin cubitus, from cubitum (“elbow, cubit”). Doublet of cúbito, a later borrowed form. Cognate with Portuguese coto and côvado, Galician cóbado, Catalan colze and colzo, French coude, Romanian cot, English cubit. Compare coto.