covare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin cubō (to lie down), from Proto-Italic *kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-. Doublet of cubare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈva.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: co‧và‧re

Verb

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covàre (first-person singular present cóvo, first-person singular past historic covài, past participle covàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to brood, to incubate (an egg) (keep an egg warm) (of a bird)
  2. (transitive, figurative, by extension) to brood, to protect, to foster
  3. (transitive) to cultivate, to nurture (an emotion, desire, etc.)
    lui cova odio per Enzo
    hatred is welling up (within himself) against Enzo
    (literally, “he is nurturing hatred for Enzo”)
  4. (intransitive) to remain unexpressed; to be bottled up [auxiliary avere]
    covava in lei una rabbia irriducibile
    an unyielding anger was bottled up in her

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • covare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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