cavare

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See also: cavaré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cavāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈva.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ca‧và‧re

Verb

cavàre (first-person singular present càvo, first-person singular past historic cavài, past participle cavàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to take out, pull out, or extract forcefully
    cavare un dentepull out a tooth
  2. (transitive) to take off (an article of clothing)
  3. (transitive) (with da) to get or obtain (from)
    Quanto vino puoi cavare dal vigneto?
    How much wine can you get from the vineyard?
  4. (transitive) to profit
  5. (transitive) to deduce or come to a conclusion
    Cava tu le conclusioni dal tuo ragionamento!
    You draw the conclusions from your reasoning!
  6. (transitive, informal) to deduct or subtract
    Synonyms: detrarre, sottrarre

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Latin

Verb

cavāre

  1. inflection of cavō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Spanish

Verb

cavare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of cavar