corcovado

This is the 6262nd most frequent Portuguese word.


corcovado

"Corcovado" means "hunchbacked" or "with a hump" in English.


Here, 'Corcovado' refers to a proper noun, the name of a famous mountain in Brazil.

Eu visitei o Corcovado no Rio de Janeiro.

I visited the Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro.


In this case, 'corcovado' is used as an adjective, describing something humped or with a protuberance.

Aquele cavalo está corcovado por causa de sua idade.

That horse is humped because of its age.


Here, 'corcovado' is used to describe landscapes with undulating or humped features.

O poeta descreveu paisagens corcovadas em sua obra.

The poet described humped landscapes in his work.