codaste

Portuguese

Verb

codaste

1. second-person singular preterite indicative of codar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek κατάστασις (katástasis)der.

Latin catasta

Portuguese cadastebor.

Spanish codaste

Borrowed from Portuguese cadaste (“sternpost”), from Latin catasta. Doublet of catasta (“a torture instrument”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈdaste/ [koˈð̞as.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -aste
• Syllabification: co‧das‧te

Noun

codaste m (plural codastes)

1. (nautical) sternpost [from early 16th c.]
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Alzaba el buque moribundo la proa, dejando en descubierto todo el codaste y a ratos parte de la quilla.

     The moribund vessel lifted the prow, leaving out in the open the entire sternpost and, at times, part of the keel.

Descendants

• → Catalan: codast

Further reading

• “codaste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026