corpo

From Old Portuguese corpo, from Latin corpus.

corpo m (plural corpos)

1. body
2. corporation

• “corpo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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

• Hyphenation: cor‧po

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corpo m (plural corpi)

1. body, corpse
2. corpus

corpo m (singular only)

1. corps

• copro
• porco

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ.pu/
• Hyphenation: cor‧po

corpo m (plural corpos)

1. (anatomy) body
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 Navais

   Marine Corps

   Corpo de bombeiros

   Fire department

5. (with tomar) consistency, firmness; strength

   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

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:corpo.