corcova

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈkɔ.vɐ/ [kohˈkɔ.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈkɔ.vɐ/ [kohˈkɔ.vɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈkɔ.vɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈkɔ.vɐ/ [koχˈkɔ.vɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻˈkɔ.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈkɔ.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈkɔ.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈkɔ.bɐ/ [kuɾˈkɔ.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: cor‧co‧va

Noun

corcova f (plural corcovas)

1. hump (rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel)

Further reading

• “corcova”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “corcova”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cucurvus, perhaps a reduplication of curvus (“bent, crooked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈkoba/ [koɾˈko.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Syllabification: cor‧co‧va

Noun

corcova f (plural corcovas)

1. hump

   Synonyms: chepa, giba, joroba

2. curvature

   Synonym: curvatura

Derived terms

• corcovar

Related terms

• curvar
• curvo

Further reading

• “corcova”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024