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corporeo

bodily

Definition & meaning

Corporeo means bodily, physical, or corporeal: relating to the body or having a material form. It can also describe something perceptible to the senses, as opposed to something spiritual or abstract.

Grammar & Word origin

An adjective with four forms: masculine singular corporeo, feminine singular corporea, masculine plural corporei, and feminine plural corporee.

It comes from Latin corporeus, derived from corpus, meaning “body.”

Synonyms & antonyms

  • fisico — “physical”; a broader, more common term that can refer to the body or to the material world.
  • materiale — “material”; emphasizes substance rather than the body specifically.
  • spirituale — “spiritual”; contrasts with the bodily or material sense.
  • incorporeo — “incorporeal”; without a physical body or material form.

Common phrases & collocations

  • corpo corporeo — a physical body; a formal or philosophical expression.
  • esistenza corporea — bodily existence.
  • sostanza corporea — corporeal or material substance.

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Examples

Il movimento corporeo è lento.adjective

The bodily movement is slow.

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