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κουράγιο
courage /kuˈraʝo/
nounB1#1600 most common
Also: strength (to cope), heart (in the figurative sense), fortitude
Example sentences
Έχεις κουράγιο.
You have courage.
Πάρε κουράγιο, όλα θα πάνε καλά.
Take courage, everything will be fine.
Χρειάζεται πολύ κουράγιο για να ζητήσεις συγγνώμη.
It takes a lot of courage to apologize.
Μετά το ατύχημα, βρήκε το κουράγιο να περπατήσει ξανά.
After the accident, she found the courage to walk again.
Το κουράγιό της να μιλήσει ανοιχτά για την ασθένειά της ενέπνευσε πολλούς ανθρώπους.
Her courage to speak openly about her illness inspired many people.
Παρά τις επανειλημμένες αποτυχίες, ουδέποτε απώλεσε το κουράγιο που τον χαρακτήριζε από νεαρή ηλικία.
Despite repeated failures, he never lost the courage that had marked him since youth.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | το κουράγιο | τα κουράγια |
| Genitive | του κουραγίου | των κουραγίων |
| Accusative | το κουράγιο | τα κουράγια |
| Vocative | κουράγιο | κουράγια |
Word family
κουράγιοcourageθάρροςcourage, bravery (native Greek near-synonym, more formal)
θαρραλέοςcourageous, brave (from θάρρος, not from κουράγιο)
ενθαρρύνωto encourage (from θάρρος, not from κουράγιο)
Etymology
Κουράγιο entered Greek from Italian coraggio, likely during the long period of Venetian and Genoese presence in the Greek islands and coastal cities. The Italian word descends from Vulgar Latin coraticum, built on Latin cor, meaning heart. The underlying idea, that bravery lives in the heart, is the same one behind the English word courage, which took a parallel path through French.
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