calvo

See also: Calvo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese calvo, from Latin calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós, *kalw-, *galw- (naked, bald).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkalβo̝/

Adjective

calvo m (feminine singular calva, masculine plural calvos, feminine plural calvas)

  1. bald (having no hair)
    Synonym: pelado
  2. bald (having no trees or vegetation)
    Synonym: pelado
  3. backward horned
    Synonym: calvelo

Derived terms

  • calva
  • Calvela
  • calvelo
  • Calvelo
  • Calvelos
  • Calviño
  • Calvo
  • Calvos
  • Monte Calvo

References

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós, *kalw-, *galw- (naked, bald).

Adjective

calvo (feminine singular calva, masculine plural calvi, feminine plural calve)

  1. bald

Noun

calvo m (plural calvi, feminine calva)

  1. bald man

Latin

Adjective

calvō

  1. dative masculine singular of calvus
  2. dative neuter singular of calvus
  3. ablative masculine singular of calvus
  4. ablative neuter singular of calvus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós, *kalw-, *galw- (naked, bald).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -awvu

Adjective

calvo m (feminine singular calva, masculine plural calvos, feminine plural calvas, comparable)

  1. bald (having no hair)

Synonyms


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós, *kalw-, *galw- (naked, bald).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.bo/, [ˈkal.βo]

Adjective

calvo (feminine singular calva, masculine plural calvos, feminine plural calvas)

  1. bald

Noun

calvo m (plural calvos)

  1. a bald man.

See also

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