calvo
See also: Calvo
Asturian
Adjective
calvo
- neuter of calvu
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese calvo, from Latin calvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkalβo̝/
Adjective
calvo m (feminine singular calva, masculine plural calvos, feminine plural calvas)
- bald (having no hair)
- Synonym: pelado
- bald (having no trees or vegetation)
- Synonym: pelado
- backward horned
- Synonym: calvelo
Derived terms
- calva
- Calvela
- calvelo
- Calvelo
- Calvelos
- Calviño
- Calvo
- Calvos
- Monte Calvo
References
- “calvo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “calvo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “caluo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “calvo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “calvo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “calvo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós, *kl̥H- (“naked, bald”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkal.vo/
- Rhymes: -alvo
- Hyphenation: càl‧vo
Adjective
calvo (feminine calva, masculine plural calvi, feminine plural calve)
- bald
Noun
calvo m (plural calvi, feminine calva)
- bald man
Related terms
- calvizie
Anagrams
- valco, valcò
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkal.u̯oː/, [ˈkäɫ̪u̯oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkal.vo/, [ˈkälvo]
Adjective
calvō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of calvus
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós, *kl̥H- (“naked, bald”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.vu/ [ˈkaʊ̯.vu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.vo/ [ˈkaʊ̯.vo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkal.vu/ [ˈkaɫ.vu]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -alvu, (Brazil) -awvu
- Hyphenation: cal‧vo
Adjective
calvo (feminine calva, masculine plural calvos, feminine plural calvas)
- bald (having no hair)
- Synonym: careca
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós, *kl̥H- (“naked, bald”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkalbo/ [ˈkal.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -albo
- Syllabification: cal‧vo
Adjective
calvo (feminine calva, masculine plural calvos, feminine plural calvas)
- bald
- Se quedó calvo
- He turned bald.
- bare (lacking vegetation)
Derived terms
- la ocasión, la pintan calva
- ni tanto ni tan calvo
Descendants
- Tagalog: kalbo
Noun
calvo m (plural calvos)
- a bald man
Derived terms
- hacer un calvo
Related terms
- calvicie
See also
- alopecia
- pelado
- lampiño
Further reading
- “calvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014