cova

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.və/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.bə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.va/

cova f (plural coves)

1. cave

• cua

From Latin coda.

cova f (plural coves)

1. tail

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cova (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Either from an archaic Latin *covus, Classical cavus,[1] or from Vulgar Latin covus (“hollow of the hand”),[2] or from a substrate; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Cognate with Portuguese cova and Spanish cueva.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔβa̝/

cova f (plural covas)

1. cave; cavern; grotto

   Synonyms: cafurna, caverna, covo, espenuca, furna, gruta, pala

2. grave

   Synonyms: burata, tumba

3. cave or hole in a surface

   Synonym: coviña

4. den

   Synonyms: tobo, toco

• Coba
• Cobas
• Cova
• cova do brazo
• cova do ollo
• Covas
• Covela
• Covelas
• Coveliña

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

1. (dated) concave

   Synonym: cóncavo

2. (dated) deep; hollow
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), 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

   Synonym: fondo

• Vilacova

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

cova f (plural cove)

1. brooding

• fare la cova (“to brood”)

cova

1. third-person singular present of covare
2. second-person singular imperative of covare

• cavo, cavò, vaco, vacò, voca

From Old Portuguese cova, from Vulgar Latin *cova, from covus, alternative form of Latin cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Compare Spanish cueva.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.vɐ/
• Hyphenation: co‧va

cova f (plural covas)

1. hole, hollow, cavity
2. cavern
3. grave.

• coveiro

cova

1. Feminine singular of adjective covo.