See also: covò

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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covo m (plural covos)

  1. (Northern, Mallorca, Menorca) Alternative form of cove

Etymology 2

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covo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of covar

References

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  • “covo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

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Covo or cabazo

Etymology 1

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From Latin cophinus (basket), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, basket).

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covo m (plural covos)

  1. wickerwork granary
    Synonym: cabazo
  2. skep
    Synonym: trobo
    • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
      Vinte cinco ducias D'obos
      eu lle ofrezo, porque teñan
      conque fazer os Formigos,
      e de mel vnha caldeyra,
      que os meus cobos e cortizos
      teñen moy boas entenas;
      porque sairon ogano
      moytos enjames d'abellas.
      Twenty-five dozens of eggs
      I offer her, so that they have the necessary
      to cook the formigos;
      and of honey a cauldron,
      because my skeps and hives
      have very good honeycombs,
      because this year
      many swarms of bees went out
  3. hollow section of a trunk used as beehive
    Synonym: cortizo

Etymology 2

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Either from an archaic Latin *covus, Classical cavus,[1] or from Vulgar Latin covus (hollow of the hand),[2] or from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (cavity). Cognate with Portuguese covo and Spanish cueva.

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covo m (plural covos)

  1. hole
    Synonym: cova
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covo (feminine cova, masculine plural covos, feminine plural covas)

  1. (dated) concave
    Synonym: cóncavo
  2. (dated) deep; hollow
    Synonym: fondo
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 157:
      Cauallo que ha a door no corpo dentro contynoadamente ten as orellas fryas et os ollos couos he mal enfermo
      the horse who has pain inside his body continuously, has his ears cold and the eyes hollow; he is badly sick

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cueva”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gavilla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos

Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈko.vo/
  • Rhymes: -ovo
  • Hyphenation: có‧vo

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Noun

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covo m (plural covi)

  1. lair, den (of an animal)
    Synonym: tana
  2. (figurative) hideout, lair (for example, of a criminal or group of criminals)
    Synonyms: nascondiglio, tana

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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covo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of covare

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Alternation of côvão, an inheritance from Latin cophinus (basket), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, basket). Doublet of cobo.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.vu/, (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.vu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.vo/, (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.vo/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.vu/, (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.vu/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.bu/ [ˈkɔ.βu], (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.bu/ [ˈko.βu]

Noun

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covo m (plural covos)

  1. pot (trap used for fishing crabs and lobsters)
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin cavus (hollow; concave). Doublet of cavo.

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covo (feminine cova, masculine plural covos, feminine plural covas)

  1. concave
    Synonyms: cavo, côncavo
    Antonym: convexo