coso

coso

1. first-person singular present indicative of coser

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.zo/, (traditional) /ˈkɔ.so/^[1][2]
• Rhymes: -ɔzo, (traditional) -ɔso
• Hyphenation: cò‧so

coso m (plural cosi, diminutive cosino or cosetto)

1. (colloquial) thingie, thingo, thingamabob (term used to refer to something or someone whose name one cannot recall)
2. (colloquial) thing

   Synonyms: affare, cosa

3. contraption

   Synonyms: aggeggio, congegno, diavoleria

4. (colloquial, slang) penis

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

coso

1. first-person singular present indicative of cosare

• osco

From Proto-Slavic *čàša.

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɔˈsɔ/

coso f

1. bowl, cup

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• The template Template:R:pox:SejDp does not use the parameter(s):

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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “coso”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 83
• Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “coso”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 47

• Rhymes: -ozu

coso

1. first-person singular present indicative of coser

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoso/ [ˈko.so]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: co‧so

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

coso m (plural cosos)

1. Honduran, Dominican, Colombian, Venezuelan, Ecuadorian, Rioplatense, Costa Rican, and Paraguayan form of cosa (“thing”)

   ¡Pasame el coso! (bolso) ― Hand me that! (purse)

2. (informal, Cuba, Puerto Rico) thingy

• Used in Argentina and El Salvador when the gender (and usually the name) of the object is known, without naming the object explicitly.

Inherited from Latin cursus. Cf. the borrowed doublet curso, as well as the form corso. Cognate to Portuguese cosso, corso, Catalan cós, cors, Italian corso, French cours.

coso m (plural cosos)

1. (Spain, dated, bullfighting) bull ring

   Synonym: plaza de toros

   • 1635, Tirso de Molina, Los amantes de Teruel:

     Aún estoy temeroso,
     y en tierra engaño a la muerte,
     que como toro en el coso,
     que desta suerte tendido
     buscaba nueva ocasión,
     dándome ya por rendido.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (obsolete) road, way

Inherited from Latin cossus.

coso m (plural cosos)

1. woodworm

coso

1. first-person singular present indicative of coser

• “coso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “coso”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010