Catalan

Noun

coa f ‎(plural coes)

1. Alternative form of cua

Galician

Etymology 1

From contraction of preposition con ‎(“with”) + feminine definite article a ‎(“the”)

Contraction

coa f ‎(masculine co, masculine plural cos, feminine plural coas)

1. with the

   Non fales coa boca chea.‎ ― Don't speak with your mouth full.

Etymology 2

Verb

coa

1. third-person singular present indicative of coar
2. second-person singular imperative of coar

Latin

Etymology

After a story perhaps pertaining to Clodia Metelli cited in Quintillian, perhaps as a distortion of a form of coeō, or after the luxurious silk from Cos, deriving from the cocoon of the Coan moth, or both.

Noun

coa f ‎(genitive coae); first declension

1. lustful woman, prostitute
   • 95 CE, Quintillian, Institutio Oratoria 8.6.52

     ...in triclinio coam, in cubiculo nolam....

     ...Coan in the dining-room, noan in the bedroom...

Inflection

First declension.

References

• COA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Verb

coa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of coar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of coar

Etymology 2

Contraction

coa

1. (obsolete) Contraction of com a.

Spanish

Noun

coa f ‎(plural coas)

1. primitive hoe, a sharp wooden rod formerly used by Native Americans to till the soil.
2. (Chile, prison slang) low-class or criminal jargon.