couraça

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Portuguese

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Um soldado com uma couraça.

Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin coriācea (vestis), from coriāceus, from Latin corium. Compare French cuirasse, source of English cuirass.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko(w)ˈɾa.sɐ/ [ko(ʊ̯)ˈɾa.sɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko(w)ˈɾa.sa/ [ko(ʊ̯)ˈɾa.sa]
 

Noun

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couraça f (plural couraças)

  1. any piece of armour made of leather
  2. breastplate
  3. cuirass
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