corpanzil

corpanzil

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /koʁ.pɐ̃ˈziw/, [koh.pɐ̃ˈziʊ̯]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /koʁ.pɐ̃ˈziw/, [koh.pɐ̃ˈziʊ̯]
  • IPA^(key): (São Paulo) /koɾ.pɐ̃ˈziw/, [koɾ.pɐ̃ˈziʊ̯]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /koʁ.pɐ̃ˈziw/, [koχ.pɐ̃ˈziʊ̯]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /kuɾ.pɐ̃ˈzil/, [kuɾ.pɐ̃ˈziɫ]

• Hyphenation: cor‧pan‧zil

Noun

corpanzil m (plural corpanzis)

1. a large, bulky body, or a person with such a body
   • 1997, J. K. Rowling, chapter 10, in Harry Potter e a Pedra Filosofal:

     Era uma visão medonha. Quase quatro metros de altura, a pele cinzenta e baça, o corpanzil cheio de calombos como um pedregulho e uma cabecinha no alto, que mais parecia um coco. Tinha pernas curtas, grossas como um tronco de árvore e pés chatos e calosos. Segurava um enorme bastão de madeira, que arrastava pelo chão, porque seus braços eram compridíssimos.

     It was a horrible sight. Twelve feet tall, its skin was a dull, granite grey, its great lumpy body like a boulder with its small bald head perched on top like a coconut. It had short legs thick as tree trunks with flat, horny feet. The smell coming from it was incredible. It was holding a huge wooden club, which dragged along the floor because its arms were so long.