cuerpo

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Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin corpus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkweɾpo/
  • Rhymes: -eɾpo
  • Syllabification: cuer‧po

Noun

cuerpo m (plural cuerpos)

  1. body

References

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuerpo m (plural cuerpos)

  1. (anatomy) body
    • c. 1200, Almerich, w:Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r:
      [] depues uino en roma. e alli lo fizo el cruel nero degollar. e de ſo cuerpo salio lech en logar de ſãgre.
      and then he came to Rome, and there the cruel Nero had him beheaded, and from his body flowed milk instead of blood.

Descendants

  • Spanish: cuerpo

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cuerpo, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-. Doublet of the borrowing corpus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkweɾpo/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾpo
  • Syllabification: cuer‧po

Noun

cuerpo m (plural cuerpos)

  1. body (the physical structure of a human or animal)
  2. body, torso
    Synonyms: tronco, torso
  3. body, corpse
    Synonym: cadáver
  4. body (unified collection of information)
  5. body (comparative viscosity of a liquid)
  6. corps, body, organization (group of people with a common purpose)
  7. (military, law enforcement) corps, force (e.g. army corps, police force)
  8. (geometry) body (three-dimensional object)
  9. (printing) body (shank of a type)
  10. (algebra) field
    Synonym: campo

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