parvo

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See also: parvo-

English

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Etymology

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Shortening.

Noun

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parvo (uncountable)

  1. (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.

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Anagrams

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Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin parvus (small; unimportant), or from its diminutive parvulus; from Proto-Indo-European *ph₁w- (few, small). Cognate with Portuguese parvo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɾbo/ [ˈpaɾ.β̞ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾbo
  • Hyphenation: par‧vo

Adjective

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parvo (feminine parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas)

  1. foolish, stupid
  2. unintelligent
  3. simpleton

Noun

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parvo m (plural parvos, feminine parva, feminine plural parvas)

  1. a fool, an idiot

Derived terms

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References

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Latin

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Adjective

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parvō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of parvus

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin parvus, from metathesized form of Proto-Indo-European *pau-ro, from *ph₁w- (few, small). Cognate with Galician and Spanish parvo.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: par‧vo

Adjective

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parvo (feminine parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas)

  1. (anatomy) small
    veia safena parvasmall saphenous vein
  2. (chiefly Portugal) dumb, foolish, stupid
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
    Como é que consegues ser tão parvo?
    How can you be so stupid?

Noun

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parvo m (plural parvos, feminine parva, feminine plural parvas)

  1. a fool, an idiot
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin parvus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɾbo/ [ˈpaɾ.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -aɾbo
  • Syllabification: par‧vo

Adjective

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parvo (feminine parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas)

  1. (formal) small, minute
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