coso

coso

1. first-person singular present indicative of coser

coso m (plural cosi)

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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Rhymes: -ozu

coso

1. first-person singular present indicative of coser

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoso/ [ˈko.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: co‧so

From cosa (“thing”).

coso m (plural cosos)

1. (colloquial) thingy, thingo, thingamabob (term used to refer to something or someone whose name one cannot recall)
2. (colloquial) thing
3. (Argentina, El Salvador, Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia) Alternative form of cosa (“thing”)

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

• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014