couraça

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Portuguese

Um soldado com uma couraça.

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin coriācea (vestis), from coriāceus, from Latin corium. Compare French cuirasse, source of English cuirass.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko(w)ˈɾa.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko(w)ˈɾa.sa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ko(w)ˈɾa.sɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kowˈɾa.sɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /koˈɾa.sɐ/

Rhymes: -asɐ

Noun

couraça f (plural couraças)

any piece of armour made of leather
breastplate
cuirass

Related terms

couro, encouraçado

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