corvo

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese corvo, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾβo̝/

Adjective

corvo m (plural corvos, feminine corva, feminine plural corvas)

1. black; dark

Noun

corvo m (plural corvos)

1. raven (Corvus corax)
2. crow (Corvus corone)

   Synonym: choia

References

• “corvo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “corvo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “corvo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “corvo” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “corvo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrvo/

Noun

corvo m (plural corvi)

1. raven, crow, rook

See also

• cornacchia

Noun

corvō m

1. dative singular of corvus
2. ablative singular of corvus

References

• corvo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ.vu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ.vu/

• Audio (Portugal)

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• Homophone: Corvo

Noun

corvo m (plural corvos)

1. crow, raven.

Etymology

From Latin curvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkorbo/, [ˈkorβo]

Adjective

corvo (feminine singular corva, masculine plural corvos, feminine plural corvas)

1. curved, arched, hooked

Noun

corvo m (plural corvos)

1. hook

   Synonym: garfio

Further reading

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