corcova
Portuguese
Noun
corcova f (plural corcovas)
- hump (rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel)
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin cucurvus, perhaps a reduplication of curvus (“bent, crooked”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /korˈkoba/, [korˈkoβa]
Noun
corcova f (plural corcovas)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- corcovar
Related terms
Further reading
- “corcova” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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