côvado

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese côbedo[1], from Latin cubitum (possibly taken as a semi-learned term; compare the likely inherited doublet coto and the later borrowing cúbito). Cf. also cotovelo and Spanish codo.

Noun

côvado m (plural côvados)

  1. cubit (historical unit of length equal to the length of the forearm)

Synonyms

References
  1. http://www.aulete.com.br/covado
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