See also: Couto

Galician

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Couto de Pesca ("Fishing reserve")

Etymology 1

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From Latin cautum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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couto m (plural coutos)

  1. enclosed area of land
    Synonyms: chousa, tomada, zarra
  2. reserve
  3. (historical) jurisdiction (territory), fief
    Synonym: feudo
    • 1421, Manuel Lucas Álvarez, editor, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro, page 163:
      os ditos reos quebrantaron as condiçõẽs do dito foro e foran contra o dito moesteiro e priores del, por ende que avian perdido o dito couto e herdades; e non se escusauan da dita vasalajẽẽ e seruentia por dizer que eran fidalgos, pois que se obligaron a elo
      said defendants broke the condition of said contract and acted against said monastery and priors, and so they had lost said fief and properties; and they were not exempt of said vassalage and ought services saying that they were noblemen, because previously they had obliged themselves to it
  4. (archaic) fine (fee issued as punishment for breaking the law)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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couto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of coutar

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin cautus.[1][2] Compare Galician couto and Spanish coto. Doublet of cauto.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈko(w).tu/ [ˈko(ʊ̯).tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈko(w).to/ [ˈko(ʊ̯).to]
 

  • Rhymes: -owtu
  • Hyphenation: cou‧to

Noun

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couto m (plural coutos)

  1. reserve (enclosed area of land)
  2. (figurative) shelter
    Synonyms: refúgio, abrigo

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References

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  1. ^ couto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ couto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024