couto

See also: Couto

Galician
Couto de Pesca ("Fishing reserve")

Etymology

From Latin cautum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkowto̝/

Noun

couto m (plural coutos)

  1. enclosed area of land
    Synonyms: chousa, tomada, zarra
  2. reserve
  3. (historical) jurisdiction (territory); fiefdom
    Synonym: feudo
  4. (archaic) fine (fee issued as punishment for breaking the law)

Derived terms

References
  • “couto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “couto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “couto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “couto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “couto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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