couto

From Latin cautum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkowto̝/

couto m (plural coutos)

1. enclosed area of land

   Synonyms: chousa, tomada, zarra

2. reserve
3. (historical) jurisdiction (territory), fief

   Synonym: feudo

   • 1421, Manuel Lucas Álvarez, editor, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro, page 163:

     os ditos reos quebrantaron as condiçõẽs do dito foro e foran contra o dito moesteiro e priores del, por ende que avian perdido o dito couto e herdades; e non se escusauan da dita vasalajẽẽ e seruentia por dizer que eran fidalgos, pois que se obligaron a elo

     said defendants broke the condition of said contract and acted against said monastery and priors, and so they had lost said fief and properties; and they were not exempt of said vassalage and ought services saying that they were noblemen, because previously they had obliged themselves to it

4. (archaic) fine (fee issued as punishment for breaking the law)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “couto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “couto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “couto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “couto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “couto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

couto

1. first-person singular present indicative of coutar

• coito

From Latin cautus.^[1][2] Compare Galician couto and Spanish coto. Doublet of cauto.

• Rhymes: -owtu
• Hyphenation: cou‧to

couto m (plural coutos)

1. reserve (enclosed area of land)
2. (figurative) shelter

   Synonyms: refúgio, abrigo

• coutar, acoutar
• coitar, acoitar