covo

covo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of covar

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔβo̝/

covo m (plural covos)

1. wickerwork granary

   Synonym: cabazo

2. hollow section of a trunk used as beehive

Either from an archaic Latin *covus, Classical cavus,[1] or from Vulgar Latin covus (“hollow of the hand”),[2] or from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Cognate with Portuguese covo and Spanish cueva.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔβo̝/

covo m (plural covos)

1. hole

   Synonym: cova

• Coveliño
• Covelo
• Covo
• Covos

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

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

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

covo m (plural covi)

1. lair, den (of an animal)
2. (figuratively) hideout, lair (for example, of a criminal or group of criminals)

• (lair, den): tana
• (hideout): nascondiglio, tana

covo

1. first-person singular present of covare

• voco, vocò

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

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

covo m (plural covos)

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

• côvão

From Latin cavus (“hollow; concave”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.vu/

covo m (feminine singular cova, masculine plural covos, feminine plural covas, comparable)

1. concave

   Synonyms: cavo, côncavo

   Antonym: convexo