# acervo
## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acervus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈt͡ʃɛr.vo/
* Rhymes: -ɛrvo
* Hyphenation: a‧cèr‧vo

### Noun

acervo m (plural acervi)
* (literary) heap, mass
    Synonyms: (literary) coacervo, mucchio

### Further reading

* acervo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* caverò, ceravo, covare, coverà, creavo, recavo, revoca, vocare, vocerà, vorace

## Latin
### Etymology

From acervus (“heap”) +‎ -ō.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /aˈker.u̯oː/, [äˈkɛru̯oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /aˈt͡ʃer.vo/, [äˈt͡ʃɛrvo]

### Verb

acervō (present infinitive acervāre, perfect active acervāvī, supine acervātum); first conjugation
* to form a heap, heap or pile up, amass
    Synonym: struō
* (figuratively) to accumulate, multiply

#### Derived terms

* acervātiō
* acervātus
* coacervō
* exacervans
* superacervō

#### Descendants

* English: acervate
* Portuguese: acervar
* Spanish: acervar

### Noun

acervō
* dative/ablative singular of acervus

### Further reading

* “acervo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “acervo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* acervo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin acervus (“heap”). Compare Italian coacervo (“jumble”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈseʁ.vu/ [aˈseɦ.vu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈseʁ.vu/ [aˈseɦ.vu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aˈseɾ.vu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aˈseʁ.vu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈseɻ.vo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈseɾ.vu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈseɾ.vu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈseɾ.bu/ [ɐˈseɾ.βu]
* Hyphenation: a‧cer‧vo

#### Noun

acervo m (plural acervos)
* heritage
* heap
* collection
    Synonym: montão

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈsɛʁ.vu/ [aˈsɛɦ.vu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈsɛʁ.vu/ [aˈsɛɦ.vu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aˈsɛɾ.vu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aˈsɛʁ.vu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈsɛɻ.vo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈsɛɾ.vu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈsɛɾ.vu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈsɛɾ.bu/ [ɐˈsɛɾ.βu]
* Hyphenation: a‧cer‧vo

#### Verb

acervo
* first-person singular present indicative of acervar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /aˈθeɾbo/ [aˈθeɾ.β̞o]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈseɾbo/ [aˈseɾ.β̞o]
* Rhymes: -eɾbo
* Syllabification: a‧cer‧vo

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin acervus (“heap”).

#### Noun

acervo m (plural acervos)
* heritage
    Synonym: patrimonio
    el acervo de la nación ― the national heritage
    el acervo cultural ― the cultural heritage
* (often figuratively) heap, pile
    Synonyms: cúmulo, montón
    un acervo de preguntas ― a bunch of questions

##### Derived terms

* acervo genético

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

acervo
* first-person singular present indicative of acervar

### Further reading

* “acervo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10