cavo

See also: cavó and cavò

Catalan

Verb

cavo

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of cavar

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin cavus.

Adjective

cavo (feminine singular cava, masculine plural cavi, feminine plural cave)

  1. hollow
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”).

Noun

cavo m (plural cavi)

  1. hollow, cavity
Synonyms

Verb

cavo

  1. first-person singular present of cavare

Etymology 3

Probably from the Spanish cabo.

Noun

cavo m (plural cavi)

  1. cable
  2. rope
  3. wire

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From cavus (“hollow”) +‎ -ō

Pronunciation

Verb

cavō (present infinitive cavāre, perfect active cavāvī, supine cavātum); first conjugation

  1. I make hollow, hollow out, excavate
  2. I perforate, pierce

Inflection

   Conjugation of cavo (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cavō cavās cavat cavāmus cavātis cavant
imperfect cavābam cavābās cavābat cavābāmus cavābātis cavābant
future cavābō cavābis cavābit cavābimus cavābitis cavābunt
perfect cavāvī cavāvistī cavāvit cavāvimus cavāvistis cavāvērunt, cavāvēre
pluperfect cavāveram cavāverās cavāverat cavāverāmus cavāverātis cavāverant
future perfect cavāverō cavāveris cavāverit cavāverimus cavāveritis cavāverint
passive present cavor cavāris, cavāre cavātur cavāmur cavāminī cavantur
imperfect cavābar cavābāris, cavābāre cavābātur cavābāmur cavābāminī cavābantur
future cavābor cavāberis, cavābere cavābitur cavābimur cavābiminī cavābuntur
perfect cavātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cavātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cavātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cavem cavēs cavet cavēmus cavētis cavent
imperfect cavārem cavārēs cavāret cavārēmus cavārētis cavārent
perfect cavāverim cavāverīs cavāverit cavāverīmus cavāverītis cavāverint
pluperfect cavāvissem cavāvissēs cavāvisset cavāvissēmus cavāvissētis cavāvissent
passive present caver cavēris, cavēre cavētur cavēmur cavēminī caventur
imperfect cavārer cavārēris, cavārēre cavārētur cavārēmur cavārēminī cavārentur
perfect cavātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cavātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cavā — — cavāte —
future — cavātō cavātō — cavātōte cavantō
passive present — cavāre — — cavāminī —
future — cavātor cavātor — — cavantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cavāre cavāvisse cavātūrus esse cavārī cavātus esse cavātum īrī
participles cavāns — cavātūrus — cavātus cavandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
cavāre cavandī cavandō cavandum cavātum cavātū

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • cavo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cavo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cavo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to prescribe in one's will: testamento aliquid cavere (Fin. 2. 31)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -avu

Verb

cavo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cavar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkabo/, [ˈkaβo]
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  • Homophone: cabo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cavus (“concave, hollow”) (adjective) [1].

Adjective

cavo (feminine singular cava, masculine plural cavos, feminine plural cavas)

  1. concave
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”).

Noun

cavo m (plural cavos)

  1. burrow, den
Synonyms

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

cavo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of cavar.

References

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