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Italian
Etymology
Possibly related to Latin cūpa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.po/
- Rhymes: -upo
- Hyphenation: cù‧po
Adjective
cupo (feminine cupa, masculine plural cupi, feminine plural cupe)
- deep
- Synonyms: fondo, profondo
- una cupa voragine ― a deep abyss
- dark
- deep (of a sound, voice, etc.)
- Synonyms: cavernoso, grave, sordo
- taciturn, uncommunicative (of a person)
- sullen, morose (of a person)
- (rare) bushy, dense
- (regional) deep (of a container)
Derived terms
Further reading
- cupo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
cūpō m (genitive cūpōnis); third declension
- Alternative form of caupō
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkupo/
- Rhymes: -upo
- Syllabification: cu‧po
Etymology 1
From caber.
Noun
cupo m (plural cupos)
- quota
- capacity
- available room, space
2015, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Ciertas maneras de no hacer nada:Un hermano mío salió de bachiller en ciencias […] y pasó un calvario para conseguir cupo en la universidad: todavía no lo tiene.- One of my brothers came out of high school with science diplomas he went through an ordeal to get a spot at university: he still hasn't got one.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cupo
- third-person singular preterite indicative of caber
Further reading