corcova
Portuguese, noun/koʁˈkɔ.vɐ/
corcova is spelled C-O-R-C-O-V-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 112,486th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corcova is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hump (rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “linha curva; volume pronunciadamente convexo que se sobressai de uma superfície”.
What does corcova mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehump (rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. linha curva; volume pronunciadamente convexo que se sobressai de uma superfície 2. / saliência no corpo humano ou de outro animal, principalmente no dorso 3. elevação acentuada no terreno 4. curva
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of corcova
- corcovas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corcova?
- Brazil /koʁˈkɔ.vɐ/
- Brazil [kohˈkɔ.vɐ]
- /koɾˈkɔ.vɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to corcova
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corcova in Portuguese?
corcova appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).