cotovelo

Portuguese
O cotovelo de um homem - A man's elbow

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin cubitum (“elbow”) through Old Portuguese *covetelo, either from Latin cubitālis (via Mozarabic qubtal)[1] or alternatively from Latin cubitellum[2]. Cognate with Galician cotobelo. Cf. also the related coto and côvado.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.tu.ˈve.lu/
  • Hyphenation: co‧to‧ve‧lo

Noun

cotovelo m (plural cotovelos)

  1. (anatomy) elbow

Descendants

References
  1. http://www.aulete.com.br/cotovelo
  2. https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/cotovelo
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