campo

Noun

campo (plural campos)

1. (US, slang) A police officer assigned to a university campus.
   • 2005, Julia Schwent, Gohari Omid, Rice University College Prowler Off the Record (page 135)

     Baker Fountain [is] fun to run through, if you can avoid slipping or getting busted by the Campos.

Anagrams

• mo-cap, mocap

Etymology

From Old Portuguese campo, from Latin campus. Compare English camp, Esperanto kampo, French champ, Italian campo, Portuguese campo, Romanian câmp, Sardinian càmpu, Spanish campo, Tetum kampu.

Noun

campo m (plural campos)

1. field (open land area)
2. field (region affected by a force)

Etymology

From Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve”). Compare English camp, Esperanto kampo, French champ, Portuguese campo, Romanian câmp, Sardinian càmpu, Spanish campo, Tetum kampu.

Noun

campo m (plural campi)

1. field (agricultural, sports)
2. battlefield, airfield
3. range
4. signal (mobile network)
5. shot (film)
6. (art) background (of a painting)
7. (in Venice) square (smaller than a piazza)
8. tether (the limit of one's abilities, resources etc)

Verb

campo

1. first-person singular present indicative of campare

Noun

campō

1. dative singular of campus
2. ablative singular of campus

Etymology

From Old Portuguese campo, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend; crooked”). Compare English camp, Esperanto kampo, French champ, Italian campo, Romanian câmp, Sardinian càmpu, Spanish campo, Tetum kampu.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈkɐ̃.pʊ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈkɜ̃.pʊ]
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈkɜ̃.po]

Noun

campo m (plural campos)

1. The country; the countryside

   O campo é tranquilo

   The countryside is peaceful

2. field (large open area, especially one where crops are grown or sports are played)
3. field (domain of knowledge or practice)
4. (physics) field

See also

• cidade (“city”)
• mar (“sea”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkampo/, [ˈkãmpo]

• Audio (Latin America)

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Etymology 1

From Old Spanish campo, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve”). Compare English camp, Esperanto kampo, French champ, Italian campo, Portuguese campo, Romanian câmp, Sardinian càmpu, Tetum kampu.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Further reading

• “campo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.