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English
Etymology
Shortening.
Noun
parvo (uncountable)
- (informal) parvovirus
1980, Business Week:Inoculating a dog against parvo costs about $7 to $15 for the shot, depending on your area and choice of veterinarian.
1995, Mike Harlowe, K-9 Bodyguards: Ill:He will probably be next to a street cur that has parvo or rabies or distemper.
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Galician
Etymology
From Latin parvus (“small; unimportant”), or from its diminutive parvulus; from Proto-Indo-European *ph₁w- (“few, small”). Cognate with Portuguese parvo.
Pronunciation
Adjective
parvo (feminine parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas)
- foolish, stupid
- unintelligent
- simpleton
Noun
parvo m (plural parvos, feminine parva, feminine plural parvas)
- a fool, an idiot
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Latin
Adjective
parvō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of parvus
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin parvus, from metathesized form of Proto-Indo-European *pau-ro, from *ph₁w- (“few, small”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish parvo.
Pronunciation
Adjective
parvo (feminine parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas)
- (chiefly Portugal) dumb, foolish, stupid
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
Como é que consegues ser tão parvo?- How can you be so stupid?
- (anatomy) small
- veia safena parva ― small saphenous vein
Noun
parvo m (plural parvos, feminine parva, feminine plural parvas)
- a fool, an idiot
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin parvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaɾbo/
- Rhymes: -aɾbo
- Syllabification: par‧vo
Adjective
parvo (feminine parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas)
- (formal) small, minute
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