covo

See also: covò

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɔ.βu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔ.vo]

Noun

covo m (plural covos)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈko.βu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈko.vo]

Verb

covo

1. first-person singular present indicative of covar

References

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

Galician

Covo or cabazo

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔβʊ]

Noun

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔβo̝/

Noun

covo m (plural covos)

1. hole

   Synonym: cova

Derived terms

• Coveliño
• Covelo
• Covo
• Covos

Adjective

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

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cova”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “covo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “covo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “covo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “covo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

covo

1. first-person singular present indicative of covare

Anagrams

• voco, vocò

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.vu/, (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.vu/

• (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/

• (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

covo m (plural covos)

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

Related terms

• côvão

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko.vu/

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

Adjective

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

1. concave

   Synonyms: cavo, côncavo

   Antonym: convexo