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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese côbedo, from Latin cubitum (“cubit”), possibly taken as a semi-learned term. Compare the likely inherited doublet coto and the later borrowing cúbito. Cognate with Spanish codo and possibly coto, Galician cóbado, and Catalan colze and colzo. Cf. also cotovelo.
Pronunciation
Noun
côvado m (plural côvados)
- (historical, measure) covado, Portuguese cubit, a traditional unit of length equal to about 0.6 meters and roughly approximating the length of a forearm and hand
- Synonym: cúbito
Usage notes
The notional côvado (côvado craveiro) of 24 polegadas was previously lengthened by 8 linhas (3⁄4 polegada) for the long côvado (côvado avantejado) in some commercial contexts.
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