See also: cordó

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cordo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cordar

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Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese cordo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a back-formation from Latin cordatus, from Latin cor, cordis.[1] Cognate with Spanish cuerdo.

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cordo (feminine corda, masculine plural cordos, feminine plural cordas)

  1. sane; prudent; judicious
    Synonym: acordado
    Antonyms: louco, sandeu, tolo
    Home cordo ao leme (proverb, 18th century)Prudent man at the helm
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 525:
      Et uós, que auedes tã bõo syso, que entẽdedes o mal et o destroymento et a perda et a cofondiçõ que y a todos acaesçeu, deujades de falar cõ os outros que son [en] esta oste cordos et entẽdidos, en maneyra que dessemos fin a esta guerra et ouuessemos paz, que ja tenpo era; ca tãto ha ja durado o mal que eu ben creo que nũca esta perda será cobrada ata a fin do mũdo.
      And you, who have such a good judgement, who understand the damage and destruction and loss and confusion that there happened to everyone, you should speak with the others in this army who are judicious and intelligent, so that we end this war and have peace, since it was time; because the evil has last for so long that I certainly believe that never this loss will be recovered till the end of the world.
  2. (of the weather) calm

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References edit

  • cordo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • cordo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • cordo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • cordo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cordo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “cuerdo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Adjective edit

cordō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cordus

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