noun, masculine/ˈkoto/plural: cotos
preserve, wildlife preserve, land preserve; enclosed area of land; landmark; limit, boundary; howler monkey
“coto de caza” — hunting ground
Synonyms: reserva, hito, límite, frontera, cotomono, araguato, carayá, mono aullador
Inherited from Latin cautus (“safe, secure”). Doublet of cauto. Compare Galician and Portuguese couto.
noun, masculine/ˈkoto/plural: cotos
coto, half-palm (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 10.4 cm)
Supposedly a variant of codo (“Spanish cubit”), via Old Spanish cobdo and other Vulgar Latin forms of Latin cubitum (“elbow, Roman cubit”), but more probably a development of or influenced by Latin quārtus (“a fourth”) from its use as a fourth of the cubit or Latin quattuor (“four”) from its approximation of the span across four fingers.
noun, masculine/ˈkoto/plural: cotos
sculpin (fish)
Borrowed from New Latin cottus, from Ancient Greek κόττος (kóttos).
noun, masculine/ˈkoto/plural: cotos
goitre
Borrowed from Quechua koto (“mumps, goiter”).