# covo
## Catalan
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈkɔ.βu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔ.vo]

#### Noun

covo m (plural covos)
* (Northern, Mallorca, Menorca) Alternative form of cove

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈko.βu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈko.vo]

#### Verb

covo
* first-person singular present indicative of covar

### References

* “covo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔβʊ]

#### Noun

covo m (plural covos)
* wickerwork granary
    Synonym: cabazo
* skep
    Synonym: trobo
** 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:Vinte cinco ducias D'obos eu lle ofrezo, porque teñan conque fazer os Formigos, e de mel vnha caldeyra, que os meus cobos e cortizos teñen moy boas entenas; porque sairon ogano moytos enjames d'abellas.Twenty-five dozens of eggs I offer her, so that they have the necessary to cook the formigos; and of honey a cauldron, because my skeps and hives have very good honeycombs, because this year many swarms of bees went out
* hollow section of a trunk used as beehive
    Synonym: cortizo

### Etymology 2

Either from an archaic Latin *covus, Classical cavus, or from Vulgar Latin covus (“hollow of the hand”), or from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Cognate with Portuguese covo and Spanish cueva.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔβo̝/

#### Noun

covo m (plural covos)
* hole
    Synonym: cova

##### Derived terms

* Coveliño
* Covelo
* Covo
* Covos

#### Adjective

covo (feminine cova, masculine plural covos, feminine plural covas)
* (dated) concave
    Synonym: cóncavo
* (dated) deep; hollow
    Synonym: fondo
** 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 157:Cauallo que ha a door no corpo dentro contynoadamente ten as orellas fryas et os ollos couos he mal enfermothe horse who has pain inside his body continuously, has his ears cold and the eyes hollow; he is badly sick

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cova”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “covo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “covo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “covo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “covo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cueva”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “gavilla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈko.vo/
* Rhymes: -ovo
* Hyphenation: có‧vo

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

covo m (plural covi)
* lair, den (of an animal)
    Synonym: tana
* (figurative) hideout, lair (for example, of a criminal or group of criminals)
    Synonyms: nascondiglio, tana

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

covo
* first-person singular present indicative of covare

### Anagrams

* voco, vocò

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Alternation of côvão, an inheritance from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of cobo.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔ.vu/, (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.vu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔ.vu/, (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.vu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔ.vo/, (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.vo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɔ.vu/, (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.vu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɔ.vu/, (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.vu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɔ.bu/ [ˈkɔ.βu], (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.bu/ [ˈko.βu]

#### Noun

covo m (plural covos)
* pot (trap used for fishing crabs and lobsters)

##### Related terms

* côvão

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin cavus (“hollow; concave”). Doublet of cavo.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈko.vu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈko.vu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈko.vo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈko.vu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈko.vu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈko.bu/ [ˈko.βu]

#### Adjective

covo (feminine cova, masculine plural covos, feminine plural covas)
* concave
    Synonyms: cavo, côncavo
    Antonym: convexo