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English
Etymology
Clipping of corporate + -o; or clipping of corporation + -o.
Noun
corpo (plural corpos) (informal, derogatory)
- A corporate executive.
- A corporation.
big corpos
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese corpo, from Latin corpus.
Pronunciation
Noun
corpo m (plural corpos)
- body, torso
- corpse
- corporation
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References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “corpo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “corpo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “corpo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “corpo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corpo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology
From Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-. Doublet of the borrowing corpus.
Pronunciation
Noun
corpo m (plural corpi)
- body, corpse
- corpus
- (singular only) corps
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese corpo, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-. Doublet of the borrowings corpus and cós.
Pronunciation
Noun
corpo m (plural corpos, metaphonic)
- (anatomy) body
- corpse, cadaver
- any limited amount of matter
- Dois corpos de cargas iguais se repelem. ― Two objects with like charges repel each other.
- a group of people united by a common objective; corps
- Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais ― Marine Corps
- Corpo de bombeiros ― Fire department
- (with tomar) consistency, firmness; strength
- Mexa a massa até tomar corpo. ― Stir the dough until it is firm.
- Os protestos populares tomaram corpo. ― The popular protests have become stronger.
- muscle mass
- Quero ganhar corpo até o fim do ano. ― I want to gain muscle before the end of the year.
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