coso
See also: Coso, cosò, côo, and cơ sở
Galician
Verb
coso
- first-person singular present indicative of coser
Italian
Noun
coso m (plural cosi)
- (colloquial) thingie, thingo, thingamabob (term used to refer to something or someone whose name one cannot recall)
- (colloquial) thing
- Synonyms: affare, cosa
- contraption
- Synonyms: aggeggio, congegno, diavoleria
- (colloquial, slang) penis
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
coso
- first-person singular present indicative of cosare
Anagrams
- osco
Polabian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *čàša.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sɔˈsɔ/
Noun
coso f
- bowl, cup
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ozu
Verb
coso
- first-person singular present indicative of coser
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoso/ [ˈko.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: co‧so
Etymology 1
From cosa (“thing”).
Noun
coso m (plural cosos)
- (colloquial) thingy, thingo, thingamabob (term used to refer to something or someone whose name one cannot recall)
- (colloquial) thing
- (Argentina, El Salvador, Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia) Alternative form of cosa (“thing”)
- ¡Pasame el coso! (bolso) ― Hand me that! (purse)
Usage notes
Used in Argentina and El Salvador when the gender (and usually the name) of the object is known, without naming the object explicitly.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin cursus. Cf. the borrowed doublet curso, as well as the form corso. Cognate to Portuguese cosso, corso, Catalan cós, cors, Italian corso, French cours.
Noun
coso m (plural cosos)
- (Spain, dated, bullfighting) bull ring
- Synonym: plaza de toros
- 1635, Tirso de Molina, Los amantes de Teruel:
- Aún estoy temeroso,
y en tierra engaño a la muerte,
que como toro en el coso,
que desta suerte tendido
buscaba nueva ocasión,
dándome ya por rendido.- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- (obsolete) road, way
Related terms
- acosar
Etymology 3
From Latin cossus.
Noun
coso m (plural cosos)
- woodworm
Verb
coso
- first-person singular present indicative of coser
Further reading
- “coso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014