parvo

See also: parvo-

English

Shortening.

parvo (uncountable)

(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.

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

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

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

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

parvō

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

parvo m (feminine singular parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas, comparable)

foolish, stupid
Como é que consegues ser tão parvo?
How can you be so stupid?
(anatomy) small
veia safena parva ― small saphenous vein

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

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

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