cupo
See also: Cupo and cupó
Italian
Etymology
Possibly related to Latin cūpa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.po/
- Rhymes: -upo
- Hyphenation: cù‧po
Adjective
cupo (feminine cupa, masculine plural cupi, feminine plural cupe)
- dark
- deep (of a sound, voice, etc.)
- taciturn, uncommunicative (of a person)
- sullen, morose (of a person)
- (rare) bushy, dense
- (regional) deep (of a container)
Derived terms
- cupamente
- cupezza
Further reading
- cupo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkuː.poː/, [ˈkuːpoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈku.po/, [ˈkuːpo]
Noun
cūpō m (genitive cūpōnis); third declension
- Alternative form of caupō
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cūpō | cūpōnēs |
| Genitive | cūpōnis | cūpōnum |
| Dative | cūpōnī | cūpōnibus |
| Accusative | cūpōnem | cūpōnēs |
| Ablative | cūpōne | cūpōnibus |
| Vocative | cūpō | cūpōnēs |
References
- cupo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkupo/ [ˈku.po]
- Rhymes: -upo
- Syllabification: cu‧po
Etymology 1
From caber.
Noun
cupo m (plural cupos)
- quota
- capacity
- available room, space
- 2015, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Ciertas maneras de no hacer nada:
- Un hermano mío salió de bachiller en ciencias […] y pasó un calvario para conseguir cupo en la universidad: todavía no lo tiene.
- One of my brothers came out of high school with science diplomas […] he went through an ordeal to get a spot at university: he still hasn't got one.
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Derived terms
- raspacupos
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cupo
- third-person singular preterite indicative of caber
Further reading
- “cupo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014