codo

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish codo (“elbow, Spanish cubit”), from Old Spanish cobdo, from Latin cubitus, from cubitum (“elbow, Roman cubit”). Doublet of cubit and covado. Compare codo. === Noun === codo (plural codos) (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 41.6 cm. ==== Synonyms ==== Spanish cubit, cubit (Spanish contexts) ==== Coordinate terms ==== dedo (1⁄24 codo), pulgada (1⁄18 codo), coto (1⁄4 codo), sesma (1⁄3 codo), palmo (1⁄2 codo), pie (2⁄3 codo), vara (2 codos) == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish codo. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: co‧do === Noun === codo elbow == Franco-Provençal == === Alternative forms === couddo (Valdôtain) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cubitum. === Noun === codo m (plural codos) elbow === References === coude in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca côdo in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu == Portuguese == === Verb === codo first-person singular present indicative of codar == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkodo/ [ˈko.ð̞o] Rhymes: -odo Syllabification: co‧do === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish cobdo, from Latin cubitus (“elbow, cubit”), perfect passive participle of cubō (“to lie down”). Doublet of cúbito (“ulna”), a later borrowed form. Cognate with Portuguese coto and côvado, Galician cóbado, Catalan colze and colzo, French coude, Romanian cot, and English cubit. Compare coto. ==== Noun ==== codo m (plural codos) elbow cubit (an informal unit of length based on the distance of a forearm and hand) (historical) codo, Spanish cubit (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 41.6 cm) ===== Coordinate terms ===== (Spanish unit of length): dedo (1⁄24 codo), pulgada (1⁄18 codo), coto (1⁄4 codo), sesma (1⁄3 codo), palmo (1⁄2 codo), pie (2⁄3 codo), vara (2 codos) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From codicia or codicioso, influenced by codo (“elbow”), perhaps with an initially euphemistic intention. ==== Adjective ==== codo (feminine coda, masculine plural codos, feminine plural codas) (colloquial, Central America, Mexico, Panama) selfish, avaricious, stingy ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== “codo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025