polvo

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Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

polvo

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian polve, from Latin pulvis (“dust, powder”). Compare German Pulver (“powder”), French poudre (“powder”), English powder.

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -olvo
Hyphenation: pol‧vo

Noun

polvo (accusative singular polvon, plural polvoj, accusative plural polvojn)

dust

Derived terms

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto polvo, Italian polvere, Spanish polvo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpolvo/

Noun

polvo (plural polvi)

powder, dust

Derived terms

polvoza (“dusty”)
senpolvigar (“to dust”)

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

polvo

polvo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese polbo, from Latin polypus (“octopus”), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous). Doublet of pólipo.

Cognate with Galician polbo, Spanish pulpo, Italian polpo, French poulpe, pieuvre.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpow.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpow.vo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpol.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpol.bu/

Hyphenation: pol‧vo

Noun

polvo m (plural polvos, metaphonic)

octopus

Related terms

pólipo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish polvos (singular), from Vulgar Latin *pulvus, neuter form derived from Classical Latin pulvis m, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpolbo/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -olbo
Syllabification: pol‧vo

Noun

polvo m (plural polvos)

dust (fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects)
powder, dust (fine particles of a dry substance)
(vulgar, colloquial) fuck, screw (sexual intercourse)
Synonyms: (Spain) folleteo, (Latin America) cogida
- 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter XIV, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 220:
  ¿Dónde están Pedro y su cerda? ( ) Han salido al jardín, seguro. ( ) Ven, Roberto, que vamos a ver un polvo en primer plano.
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(plural only) see polvos

Derived terms

Related terms

References

^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “polvo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 599

Further reading

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

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