cobarde

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈbaɾde/ [koˈβ̞aɾ.ð̞ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾde
  • Hyphenation: co‧bar‧de

Noun

cobarde m (plural cobardes)

  1. alternative form of covarde

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French couard,[1][2] from Old French cuard.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈbaʁ.d͡ʒi/ [koˈbaɦ.d͡ʒi]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koˈbaɾ.d͡ʒi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koˈbaʁ.d͡ʒi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈbaɻ.de/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈbaɾ.dɨ/ [kuˈβaɾ.ðɨ]

  • Homophone: covarde (Northern Portugal)
  • Hyphenation: co‧bar‧de

Adjective

cobarde m or f (plural cobardes)

  1. alternative form of covarde

Noun

cobarde m or f by sense (plural cobardes)

  1. alternative form of covarde

References

  1. ^ cobarde”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ cobarde”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French couard, from Old French cuard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈbaɾde/ [koˈβ̞aɾ.ð̞e]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾde
  • Syllabification: co‧bar‧de

Adjective

cobarde m or f (masculine and feminine plural cobardes)

  1. cowardly, craven, gutless, spineless, dastardly
  2. yellow (easily frightened)

Derived terms

Noun

cobarde m or f by sense (plural cobardes)

  1. coward, chicken, wimp, poltroon
  2. weakling, wuss

Further reading