colpo
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See also: colpo-
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *colpus, from Latin colaphus from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos). Doublet of golfo.
Pronunciation
Noun
colpo m (plural colpi)
- blow, knock, shock
- punch, hit, pound
- shot (of a gun)
- (medicine, informal) stroke, fit
- raid
- (vulgar) sexual intercourse, especially if short
Derived terms
- a colpo d'occhio (“at a glance”)
- al primo colpo (“at the first attempt”)
- di colpo, tutto d'un colpo (“suddenly”)
- far colpo (“to cause a sensation”)
- colpo d'aria (“a cold, an illness caused by adverse weather”)
- colpo della strega
- colpo di calore
- colpo di fortuna (“stroke of luck”)
- colpo di fulmine
- colpo di frusta (“whiplash”)
- colpo di grazia (“coup de grace”)
- colpo di mano (“surprise attack”)
- colpo di reni
- colpo di scena
- colpo di sole
- colpo di sonno
- colpo di spugna
- colpo di stato (“coup d'état”)
- colpo di telefono
- colpo di testa
- colpo di tosse
- colpo di vento (“gust of wind”)
- colpo d'occhio
- crivellare di colpi
- perdere colpi (“to misfire”)
- colpo mancino
Descendants
- Turkish: kolpa
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
colpo m (plural colpos)
Verb
colpo
Categories:
- Italian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Italian terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian doublets
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Italian/olpo
- Rhymes:Italian/olpo/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Medicine
- Italian informal terms
- Italian vulgarities
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/olpo
- Rhymes:Spanish/olpo/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms