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

• covarde

Etymology

Borrowed from French couard, from Old French cuard.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈbaʁ.d͡ʒi/ [koˈbaɦ.d͡ʒi]

• (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

Further reading

• “cobarde”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cobarde”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “cobarde” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cobarde”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French couard, from Old French cuard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈbaɾde/ [koˈβ̞aɾ.ð̞e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• 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

• acobardar
• cobardemente
• cobardía
• cobardón

Noun

cobarde m or f by sense (plural cobardes)

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

Further reading

• “cobarde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10