corcovo

Portuguese

Etymology

Deverbal from corcovar (“to buck”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈko.vu/ [kohˈko.vu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈko.vu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈko.vu/ [koχˈko.vu]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /koɻˈko.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈko.vo/ [kohˈko.vo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈko.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈko.bu/ [kuɾˈko.βu]

Noun

corcovo m (plural corcovos, metaphonic)

buck (of a horse)
a jump whose trajectory forms an arch shape
mount; hill
Synonyms: cerro, montículo

Related terms

Verb

corcovo

first-person singular present indicative of corcovar

Further reading

“corcovo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“corcovo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koɾˈkobo/ [koɾˈko.β̞o]
Rhymes: -obo
Syllabification: cor‧co‧vo

Noun

corcovo m (plural corcovos)

buck (of a horse)

Verb

corcovo

first-person singular present indicative of corcovar

Further reading

“corcovo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025