couraça

Portuguese

Um soldado com uma couraça.

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin coriācea (vestis), from coriāceus, from Latin corium. Compare French cuirasse, source of English cuirass.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko(w)ˈɾa.sɐ/ [ko(ʊ̯)ˈɾa.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko(w)ˈɾa.sɐ/ [ko(ʊ̯)ˈɾa.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko(w)ˈɾa.sa/ [ko(ʊ̯)ˈɾa.sa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ko(w)ˈɾa.sɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ko(w)ˈɾa.sɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kowˈɾa.sɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /koˈɾa.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -asɐ

Noun

couraça f (plural couraças)

1. any piece of armour made of leather
2. breastplate
3. cuirass

Related terms

• couro, encouraçado