cotovelar
Portuguese, verb/ku.tu.veˈla(ʁ)/
cotovelar is spelled C-O-T-O-V-E-L-A-R (9 letters). Cotovelar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to elbow (to strike with the elbow)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tocar com o cotovelo em; usar o cotovelo para magoar ou empurrar”.
What does cotovelar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to elbow (to strike with the elbow)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tocar com o cotovelo em; usar o cotovelo para magoar ou empurrar 2. apoiar-se nos cotovelos 3. amontoar-se 4. formar ângulo ou curvaturas em forma de cotovelo
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 cotovelar
- cotovelo first-person present singular
- cotovelei first-person preterite singular
- cotovelado participle past
- cotovelares infinitive second-person singular
- cotovelarmos first-person infinitive plural
- cotovelardes infinitive plural second-person
- cotovelarem infinitive plural third-person
- cotovelando gerund
- cotovelados masculine participle past
- cotovelada feminine participle past
- cotoveladas feminine participle past
- cotovelas indicative present second-person
- cotovela indicative present singular
- cotovelamos first-person indicative plural
- cotovelais indicative plural present
- cotovelam indicative plural present
- cotovelava first-person imperfect indicative
- cotovelavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cotovelar?
- Brazil /ku.tu.veˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ku.tu.veˈla(h)]
- Brazil /ko.to.veˈla(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cotovelar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.