parvo

See also: parvo-

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

parvo (uncountable)

1. (informal) parvovirus
   • 1980, Business Week:

     Inoculating a dog against parvo costs about $7 to $15 for the shot, depending on your area and choice of veterinarian.

   • 1995, Mike Harlowe, K-9 Bodyguards: Ill:

     He will probably be next to a street cur that has parvo or rabies or distemper.

See also

• multum in parvo

Anagrams

• vapor

Galician

Etymology

From Latin parvus (“small; unimportant”), or from its diminutive parvulus; from Proto-Indo-European *ph₁w- (“few, small”). Cognate with Portuguese parvo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾβo̝/

Adjective

parvo (feminine parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas)

1. foolish, stupid
2. unintelligent
3. simpleton

Noun

parvo m (plural parvos, feminine parva, feminine plural parvas)

1. a fool, an idiot

Derived terms

• aparvar
• parva
• parvada

References

• “parvo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “parvo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “parvo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Adjective

parvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of parvus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin parvus, from metathesized form of Proto-Indo-European *pau-ro, from *ph₁w- (“few, small”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish parvo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʁ.vu/ [ˈpaɦ.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʁ.vu/ [ˈpaɦ.vu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾ.vu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʁ.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɻ.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾ.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾ.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾ.bu/ [ˈpaɾ.βu]

• Hyphenation: par‧vo

Adjective

parvo (feminine parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas)

1. (chiefly Portugal) dumb, foolish, stupid

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

   Como é que consegues ser tão parvo?

   How can you be so stupid?

2. (anatomy) small

   veia safena parva ― small saphenous vein

Noun

parvo m (plural parvos, feminine parva, feminine plural parvas)

1. a fool, an idiot

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Related terms

• párvulo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin parvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾbo/ [ˈpaɾ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾbo
• Syllabification: par‧vo

Adjective

parvo (feminine parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas)

1. (formal) small, minute

Related terms

• párvulo

 

Further reading

• “parvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014