parvo
See also: parvo-
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.
- 1980, Business Week
Anagrams
- vapor
Galician
Etymology
From Latin parvus (“small; unimportant”), or from its diminutive parvulus; from Proto-Indo-European *ph₁w- (“few, small”). Cognate with Portuguese parvo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaɾβo̝/
Adjective
parvo m (feminine singular 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
Derived terms
- aparvar
- parva
- parvada
References
- “parvo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “parvo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “parvo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaʁ.vu/ [ˈpaɦ.vu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾ.vu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpaʁ.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaɻ.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾ.vu/
- Hyphenation: par‧vo
Adjective
parvo (feminine parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas)
- 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
Related terms
- párvulo
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin parvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaɾbo/ [ˈpaɾ.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -aɾbo
- Syllabification: par‧vo
Adjective
parvo (feminine parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas)
- (formal) small, minute
Related terms
- párvulo
Further reading
- “parvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014