polvo
Esperanto
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Etymology
editBorrowed from Italian polve, from Latin pulvis (“dust, powder”). Compare German Pulver (“powder”), French poudre (“powder”), English powder.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpolvo (accusative singular polvon, plural polvoj, accusative plural polvojn)
Derived terms
editIdo
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Esperanto polvo, Italian polvere, Spanish polvo.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpolvo (plural polvi)
Derived terms
edit- polvoza (“dusty”)
- senpolvigar (“to dust”)
Portuguese
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Etymology
editFrom 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
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- Hyphenation: pol‧vo
Noun
editpolvo m (plural polvos, metaphonic)
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editSpanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish polvos (singular),[1] from Vulgar Latin *pulvus, neuter form derived from Classical Latin pulvis m, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpolvo 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)
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (plural only) see polvos
Derived terms
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editReferences
edit- ^ 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
edit- “polvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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