cotovelo
Meaning
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elbow
Frequency
Hyphenated as
co‧to‧ve‧lo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ko.toˈve.lu/
Etymology
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.
New
cotovelar
to elbow (to strike with the elbow)
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