clavo

clavo

1. first-person singular present indicative of clavar

clavo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of clavar

From clāvus +‎ -ō.

clāvō (present infinitive clāvāre, perfect active clāvāvī, supine clāvātum); first conjugation

1. I nail, furnish, fasten with nails.

clāvō

1. dative singular of clāvus
2. ablative singular of clāvus

• clavo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• clavo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

• IPA^(key): /ˈklabo/, [ˈklaβo]

From Old Spanish clavo, from Latin clāvus, from Proto-Italic *klāwos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u-. First attested in the 12th century. The word underwent a delayed phonetic evolution (as evidenced by the atypical conservation of the consonant cluster -cl-, which normally becomes -ll- in inherited Spanish), probably due to the pronunciation used by the upper classes, as with the case of claro (cf. other irregular cases such as flor, plato). Despite this, it is difficult to view the word as a learned or semi-learned borrowing[1]. Compare Portuguese cravo.

clavo m (plural clavos)

1. nail, spike
2. clove
3. corn (callus)
4. headache
5. scab
6. (Dominican Republic, slang) stash

• (spike):

• perno
• alcayata
• escarpia

• (clove): clavo de olor

• clavete
• clavetear

• clava
• clavar

See the etymology of the main entry.

clavo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of clavar.

• “clavo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Borrowed from Spanish clavo, from Latin clāvus.

clavo

1. nail

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎, segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 22