coice

/ˈkojsi/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
os coices

Meaning

  1. kick

    • O cavalo deu um coice.

      The horse kicked.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

chute

coice specifically means an animal's kick, like a horse's backward kick, or a gun's recoil; chute is the general everyday kick, like in football.

Similar in other languages

German

Fußtritt

Fußtritt is the German word for the same thing — both mean "kick."

Spanish

patada

patada is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "kick."

Practice

1 What does coice mean?

2 Fill the gap: O cavalo deu um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches coice?

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