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covado

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
co-v-a-do
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 0.6 meters and approximating the length of a forearm and hand.

Etymology

From Portuguese côvado, from Old Galician-Portuguese côbedo, from Latin cubitum (“cubit”). Doublet of cubit and codo.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: côvado, côbedo, cubitum

Inflected Forms

covados (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dedo (1⁄36 covado) polegada (1⁄24 covado) palmo (1⁄3 covado) Portuguese foot (1⁄2 covado) vara (1+2⁄3 covados) passo (2+1⁄2 covados) toesa (3 covados) braça (3+1⁄3 côvados)

Synonyms

Portuguese cubit cubit

Questions

What does covado mean?
A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 0.6 meters and approximating the length of a forearm and hand.
Where does covado come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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