cobarde

cobarde

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• covarde

Etymology

Borrowed from French couard,[1][2] from Old French cuard.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈbaʁ.d͡ʒi/ [koˈbaɦ.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈbaʁ.d͡ʒi/ [koˈbaɦ.d͡ʒi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koˈbaɾ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˈbaʁ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈbaɻ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈbaɾ.d(ɨ)/ [kuˈβaɾ.ð(ɨ)]

• Hyphenation: co‧bar‧de

Adjective

cobarde m or f (plural cobardes)

1. (Brazil) Alternative form of covarde
2. (Portugal) cowardly

Noun

cobarde m or f by sense (plural cobardes)

1. (Brazil) Alternative form of covarde
2. (Portugal) coward

References

1. “cobarde” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “cobarde” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Further reading

• “cobarde” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “cobarde” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “cobarde” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cobarde” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French couard, from Old French cuard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈbaɾde/ [koˈβ̞aɾ.ð̞e]

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• Rhymes: -aɾde
• Syllabification: co‧bar‧de

Adjective

cobarde (plural cobardes)

1. cowardly, craven, gutless, spineless, dastardly
2. yellow (easily frightened)

Derived terms

• acobardar
• cobardemente
• cobardía
• cobardón

 

Noun

cobarde m or f (plural cobardes)

1. coward, chicken, wimp, poltroon
2. weakling, wuss

Further reading

• “cobarde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014