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codo

codo noun: a traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 41.6 cm.

Noun

codo (plural codos)

  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 41.6 cm.
    Synonyms:
    Spanish cubit, cubit

Synonyms of codo

Forms of codo

pluralcodos

Origin of codo

From Spanish codo (“elbow, Spanish cubit”), from Old Spanish cobdo, from Latin cubitus, from cubitum (“elbow, Roman cubit”). Doublet of cubit and covado. Compare codo.

Questions about codo

What does codo mean?
Codo means a traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 41.6 cm.
What part of speech is codo?
Codo is a noun.
What is the plural of codo?
The plural of codo is codos.

Words near codo in the dictionary

  1. codmen
  2. Codner
  3. Codners
  4. Codnor
  5. Codnor Park
  6. codo
  7. codocyte
  8. codocytes
  9. codogenic
  10. Codogno
  11. codologies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: codo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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