polvo
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian polve, from Latin pulvis (“dust, powder”). Compare German Pulver (“powder”), French poudre (“powder”), English powder.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpolvo]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -olvo
- Hyphenation: pol‧vo
Noun
polvo (accusative singular polvon, plural polvoj, accusative plural polvojn)
- dust
Derived terms
- polva
- polvi
- polvosuĉi
- polvoŝtormo
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
polvo
Etymology
From Old 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/ [ˈpoʊ̯.vu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpow.vo/ [ˈpoʊ̯.vo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpol.vu/ [ˈpoɫ.vu]
- Hyphenation: pol‧vo
Noun
polvo m (plural polvos, metaphonic)
- octopus
Related terms
- pólipo
Spanish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈpolbo/ [ˈpol.β̞o]
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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Derived terms
- azúcar en polvo
- de aquellos polvos, estos lodos
- despolvar
- echar un polvo
- empolvar
- guardapolvo
- hecho polvo
- morder el polvo
- polvazo
- polvo cósmico
- polvo de hornear
- pólvora
- polvoriento
- polvorón
- polvoroso
- polvos de talco
- tormenta de polvo
Related terms
- polvareda
- polvera
- pólvora
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “polvo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 599
Further reading
- “polvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014