English

Noun

campo ‎(plural campos)

1. (US, slang) A police officer assigned to a university campus.
   • 2005, Julia Schwent, Gohari Omid, Rice University College Prowler Off the Record (page 135)

     Baker Fountain [is] fun to run through, if you can avoid slipping or getting busted by the Campos.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin campus. Compare English camp, Esperanto kampo, French champ, Italian campo, Portuguese campo, Romanian câmp, Sardinian càmpu, Spanish campo, Tetum kampu.

Noun

campo m ‎(plural campos)

1. field (open land area)
2. field (region affected by a force)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin campus. Compare English camp, Esperanto kampo, French champ, Portuguese campo, Romanian câmp, Sardinian càmpu, Spanish campo, Tetum kampu.

Noun

campo m ‎(plural campi)

1. field (agricultural, sports)
2. battlefield, airfield
3. range
4. signal (mobile network)
5. shot (film)
6. (art) background (of a painting)
7. (in Venice) square (smaller than a piazza)
8. tether (the limit of one's abilities, resources etc)

Related terms

Verb

campo

1. first-person singular present indicative of campare

Latin

Noun

campō

1. dative singular of campus
2. ablative singular of campus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese campo, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European *kamp- ‎(“to bend; crooked”). Compare English camp, Esperanto kampo, French champ, Italian campo, Romanian câmp, Sardinian càmpu, Spanish campo, Tetum kampu.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈkɐ̃.pʊ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈkɜ̃.pʊ]
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈkɜ̃.po]

Noun

campo m (plural campos)

1. The country; the countryside

   No campo, é tranquilo‎

   In the countryside, it's peaceful

2. field, specially one where crops are grown or sports are played

Related terms

• acampar, campina, campanha, acampamento

See also

• cidade ‎(“city”)
• mar ‎(“sea”)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin campus. Compare English camp, Esperanto kampo, French champ, Italian campo, Portuguese campo, Romanian câmp, Sardinian càmpu, Tetum kampu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkampo/

Noun

campo m ‎(plural campos)

1. countryside, country

   En el campo, es tranquilo.‎

   In the countryside, it's peaceful.

2. field (domain of knowledge or practice)
3. (New Mexico, anglicism) camp
4. (physics) field

Usage notes

• Campo is a false friend, and does not mean camp. Spanish equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry camp.

Derived terms

• campal
• campamento
• acampar

Related terms

• campesino
• campana
• campaña

Verb

campo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of campar.