costado

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese costado (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin costātus.

Pronunciation

Noun

costado m (plural costados)

  1. flank, side (of a ship)
    Synonym: banda
  2. side (the portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised)
    • 1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 22:
      a dita vosa pinaça ben estanqua de agoa de costado e ben aparellada de boo masto et verga et treu et de ancoras et de caabres et de todos los outros aparellos que lle fezeren mester
      the aforementioned pinnace of yours, watertight on the sides and well prepared with a good mast and yard and sails and anchors and ropes and all of the rigging she could need
    Synonyms: costa, lado
  3. (medicine) pneumonia
    Synonym: pneumonía

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kosˈtado/
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: cos‧ta‧do

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin costātus. Compare French côté.

Noun

costado m (plural costados)

  1. side
    Synonym: lado
  2. wing (of an army)
  3. (in the plural) genealogical lineage traced back from a grandparent
  4. (obsolete) back
    Synonyms: revés, envés
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

costado (feminine costada, masculine plural costados, feminine plural costadas)

  1. past participle of costar

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