cóbado

Meaning

1. (masculine) elbow
2. (masculine) cubit, an informal measure 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
4. (masculine) cabbage stalk

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkoβɐðʊ]

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese: côvado

Cognate with Spanish: codo

Cognate with Catalan: colze

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese covedo, attested in the 13th-century Cantigas de Santa Maria, from Latin cubitum (“elbow, Roman cubit”). Cognate with Portuguese côvado and coto, Spanish codo and possibly coto, and Catalan colze and colzo.

Sentences

No cóbado faise superficial e pasa pola canle bicipital.

In the elbow it becomes shallow and passes through the bicipital canal.