[ˈkɔɾðʊ]
OrixeFrom Old Galician-Portuguese cordo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a back-formation from Latin cordatus, from Latin cor, cordis. Cognate with Spanish cuerdo.
- sane; prudent; judicious
“Home cordo ao leme” — Prudent man at the helm
“Et uós, que auedes tã bõo syso, que entẽdedes o mal et o destroymento et a perda et a cofondiçõ que y a todos acaesçeu, deujades de falar cõ os outros que son [en] esta oste cordos et entẽdidos, en ma” — And you, who have such a good judgement, who understand the damage and destruction and loss and confusion that there happened to everyone, you should speak with the others in this army who are judicio
- calm
Formascorda(feminine) · cordos(masculine, plural) · cordas(feminine, plural)