Adjective: covo
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | covo |
| Singular f. | cova |
| Plural m. | covos |
| Plural f. | covas |
Sample Sentences
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Cauallo que ha a door no corpo dentro contynoadamente ten as orellas fryas et os ollos couos he mal enfermo (the horse who has pain inside his body continuously, has his ears cold and the eyes hollow; he is badly sick) [1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 157:]
Adjectives inflected like covo
preguiceiro,
metafórico,
perdulário,
metafísico,
anxélico,
serbio,
sañudo,
severo,
seguro,
sedoso,
sabido,
atmosférico,
estremeiro,
romántico,
metódico,
satisfeito,
sonoro,
sollío,
sobexo,
sisudo, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Either from an archaic Latin *covus, Classical cavus, or from Vulgar Latin covus (“hollow of the hand”), or from Paleo-Hispanic; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Cognate with Portuguese covo and Spanish cueva. See: Portuguese Adjectives '
covo'.
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