cavo

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈka.βu] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈka.vo] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ˈka.βo] === Verb === cavo first-person singular present indicative of cavar == Galician == === Verb === cavo first-person singular present indicative of cavar == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.vo/ Rhymes: -avo Hyphenation: cà‧vo === Etymology 1 === From Latin cavus. ==== Adjective ==== cavo (feminine cava, masculine plural cavi, feminine plural cave) hollow ===== Derived terms ===== vena cava === Etymology 2 === From Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). ==== Noun ==== cavo m (plural cavi) hollow, cavity Synonyms: incavo, cavità ==== Verb ==== cavo first-person singular present indicative of cavare ===== Related terms ===== cava cavare === Etymology 3 === Probably borrowed from Portuguese cabo or from Genoese, ultimately from Latin capulum. ==== Noun ==== cavo m (plural cavi) cable rope wire hawser ===== Derived terms ===== misuracavi === Further reading === Maiden, Martin. 1995. A linguistic history of Italian. London: Longman. Chapter 2, §7.2. === Anagrams === cova, vaco, vacò, voca == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *kawāō. Equivalent to cavus (“hollow”) +‎ -ō; related to Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌄 (cave). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.woː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.vo] === Verb === cavō (present infinitive cavāre, perfect active cavāvī, supine cavātum); first conjugation to make hollow, hollow out, excavate to perforate, pierce ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== cavernō ==== Derived terms ==== excavō cavāmen ==== Related 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[2], London: Macmillan and Co. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈka.βu] Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abu Homophone: cabo (Northern Portugal) Hyphenation: ca‧vo === Verb === cavo first-person singular present indicative of cavar == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkabo/ [ˈka.β̞o] Rhymes: -abo Syllabification: ca‧vo Homophone: cabo === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin cavus (“concave, hollow”, adjective). ==== Adjective ==== cavo (feminine cava, masculine plural cavos, feminine plural cavas) concave Synonym: cóncavo ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). ==== Noun ==== cavo m (plural cavos) burrow, den Synonym: madriguera ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cavo first-person singular present indicative of cavar === References === === Further reading === “cavo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025