cornudo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cornudo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from corno (“horn”) +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔɾˈnudo/ [kɔɾˈnu.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Hyphenation: cor‧nu‧do

Adjective

cornudo (feminine cornuda, masculine plural cornudos, feminine plural cornudas)

1. horned

Noun

cornudo m (plural cornudos, feminine cornuda, feminine plural cornudas)

1. cuckold

Noun

cornudo m (plural cornudos)

1. (zoology) hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)

   Synonym: peixe martelo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cornudo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cornud”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cornudo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cornudo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cornudo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cornūtus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈnu.du/ [koɦˈnu.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈnu.du/ [koɦˈnu.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈnu.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈnu.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻˈnu.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈnu.du/ [kuɾˈnu.ðu]

• Hyphenation: cor‧nu‧do

Adjective

cornudo (feminine cornuda, masculine plural cornudos, feminine plural cornudas)

1. horned (having horns)

   Synonym: chifrudo

Related terms

• corno

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cornūtus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈnudo/ [koɾˈnu.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification: cor‧nu‧do

Adjective

cornudo (feminine cornuda, masculine plural cornudos, feminine plural cornudas)

1. horned (having horns)
2. horned, deceived (husband, wife or partner)

Derived terms

• búho cornudo
• dios cornudo

Related terms

• cuerno

Noun

cornudo m (plural cornudos, feminine cornuda, feminine plural cornudas)

1. cuckold (deceived husband, wife or partner)

   Synonyms: novillo, venado

Further reading

• “cornudo”, 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