codo
See also: co do
English
Etymology
From Spanish codo (“elbow, Spanish cubit”), from Old Spanish cobdo, from Latin cubitus, from cubitum (“elbow, Roman cubit”). Doublet of cubit and covado. Compare codo.
Noun
codo (plural codos)
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 41.6 cm.
Synonyms
- Spanish cubit, cubit (Spanish contexts)
Coordinate terms
- dedo (1/24 codo), pulgada (1/18 codo), sesma (⅓ codo), coto (¼ codo), palmo (½ codo), pie (⅔ codo), vara (2 codos)
Franco-Provençal
Alternative forms
- coudou, kàdo
Etymology
From Latin cubitum.
Noun
codo m
- elbow
References
- coude in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkodo/ [ˈko.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -odo
- Syllabification: co‧do
Etymology 1
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.
Noun
codo m (plural codos)
- elbow
- cubit, an informal unit of length based on the distance of a forearm and hand
- (historical) codo, Spanish cubit, a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 41.6 cm
Coordinate terms
- (Spanish unit of length): dedo (1/24 codo), pulgada (1/18 codo), sesma (⅓ codo), coto (¼ codo), palmo (½ codo), pie (⅔ codo), vara (2 codos)
Derived terms
- codera
- codo común
- codo con codo
- codo de ribera
- codo mayor
- codo mediano
- codo real
- comerse los codos de hambre
- empinar el codo
- hablar por los codos
- hinchar los codos
- partirse los codos
- romperse los codos
Related terms
- cúbito
Etymology 2
From codicia or codicioso, influenced by codo (“elbow”), perhaps with an initially euphemistic intention.
Adjective
codo (feminine coda, masculine plural codos, feminine plural codas)
- (colloquial, Mexico) selfish, avaricious, stingy
Further reading
- “codo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014