cravo

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾa.vu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾa.vo/
• Rhymes: -avu

From Old Portuguese cravo, from Latin clāvus (“nail”) (with an irregular phonetic evolution; compare Spanish clavo), itself from Proto-Italic *klāwos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u-.

cravo m (plural cravos)

1. horseshoe nail
2. a type of nail used to crucify people
3. (botany) carnation (a flower, Dianthus caryophyllus)

   Revolução dos Cravos ― Carnation Revolution

4. (botany) clove (a tree, Syzygium aromaticum, syn. Eugenia aromatica)
5. (cooking) unexpanded buds of the clove tree, used as spice
6. pimple (inflamed spot on the skin)
7. (dermatology) clavus; corn (callous growth on the foot)

• (clove): cravo-da-índia
• (pimple): espinha

• cravar

cravo

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of cravar

From French clavier (“keyboard”), from Latin clāvis (“key”).

cravo m (plural cravos)

1. harpsichord (keyboard instrument which produces sound by plucking the strings)

• cravista

• chave
• clavicórdio