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corpo

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English

Etymology

Clipping of corporate + -o; or clipping of corporation + -o.

Noun

corpo (plural corpos) (informal, derogatory)

  1. A corporate executive.
  2. A corporation.
    big corpos
    corpo VTuber

Galician

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese corpo, from Latin corpus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoɾpo/ [ˈkoɾ.pʊ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾpo
  • Hyphenation: cor‧po

Noun

corpo m (plural corpos)

  1. body, torso
  2. corpse
  3. corporation

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Italian

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Etymology

From Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-. Doublet of the borrowing corpus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.po/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔrpo
  • Hyphenation: còr‧po

Noun

corpo m (plural corpi)

  1. body, corpse
  2. corpus
  3. (in the singular only) corps

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Portuguese

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese corpo, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-. Doublet of the borrowings corpus and cós.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

corpo m (plural corpos, metaphonic)

  1. (anatomy) body
    • 1943, André Luiz, Francisco Cândido Xavier, Nosso Lar:
      — Que buscas, infeliz? Aonde vais, suicida?
      Tais objurgatórias, incessantemente repetidas, perturbavam-me o coração. Infeliz, sim; mas suicida? — nunca! Essas increpações, a meu ver, não eram procedentes. Eu havia deixado o corpo físico a contragosto.
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  2. corpse, cadaver
  3. any limited amount of matter
    Dois corpos de cargas iguais se repelem.Two objects with like charges repel each other.
  4. a group of people united by a common objective; corps
    Corpo de Fuzileiros NavaisMarine Corps
    Corpo de bombeirosFire department
  5. consistency, firmness; strength [with tomar]
    Mexa a massa até tomar corpo.Stir the dough until it is firm.
    Os protestos populares tomaram corpo.The popular protests have become stronger.
  6. muscle mass
    Quero ganhar corpo até o fim do ano.I want to gain muscle before the end of the year.

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