couto

couto

See also: Couto

Galician

Couto de Pesca ("Fishing reserve")

Etymology

From Latin cautum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkowto̝/

Noun

couto m (plural coutos)

1. enclosed area of land

   Synonyms: chousa, tomada, zarra

2. reserve
3. (historical) jurisdiction (territory); fiefdom

   Synonym: feudo

4. (archaic) fine (fee issued as punishment for breaking the law)

Derived terms

• acoutar
• coutada
• Coutada
• Coutadas
• Coutado
• coutar
• Couto

References

• “couto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “couto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “couto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “couto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “couto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• coito

Etymology

From Latin cautus.[1][2] Compare Galician couto and Spanish coto. Doublet of cauto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko(w).tu/ [ˈko(ʊ̯).tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko(w).tu/ [ˈko(ʊ̯).tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko(w).to/ [ˈko(ʊ̯).to]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko(w).tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko(w).tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko.tu/

• Rhymes: -owtu
• Hyphenation: cou‧to

Noun

couto m (plural coutos)

1. reserve (enclosed area of land)
2. (figurative) shelter

   Synonyms: refúgio, abrigo

Derived terms

• coutar, acoutar
• coitar, acoitar

References

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