evo

See also: Evo, evő, and -evo

English

Noun

evo (plural evos)

1. (Australia, informal) Evening (time of day).

   Coordinate term: arvo

   • 1993, Paul Salzman, Elizabeth Jolley's Fictions, page 41:

     "Say gels," Miss Thorne tries again, "what say yew we go try the Prater this evo? My shout!"

Finnish

Etymology

Acronym of et vaan osaa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeʋo/, [ˈe̞ʋo̞]
• Rhymes: -eʋo
• Syllabification^(key): e‧vo

Noun

evo

1. (Internet slang) a person lacking the required skill in a certain context

Synonyms

• (slang/informal terms) nobo, nuupi, nyyppä, uushomo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aevum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈevo/

Noun

evo (plural evi)

1. age, years

Derived terms

• evar (“to be so many years old; to be aged”)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aevum, from earlier aevom, from Old Latin aivom, from Proto-Italic *aiwom (“period”, “age”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“long time”, “lifetime”), from the root *h₂ey- (“vital force”, “life”, “age”, “eternity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.vo/
• Rhymes: -ɛvo
• Hyphenation: è‧vo

Noun

evo m (plural evi)

1. era
2. long period of time

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ove

Nupe

Evozhì

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.vō/

Noun

evo (plural evozhì)

1. calabash; gourd
2. plate; dish

   Synonym: tása

Derived terms

• làvon̄làvo (“praying mantis”)
• sànvo (“colander”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aevum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.bu/ [ˈe.βu]

• Hyphenation: e‧vo

Noun

evo m (plural evos)

1. endless duration; eternity; perpetuity

Further reading

• “evo” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “evo” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “evo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “evo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “evo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “evo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Serbo-Croatian

Interjection

ȅvo (Cyrillic spelling е̏во) (+ genitive case when referring to objects)

1. (genitive) look, see, behold

   Evo tamo! ― Look over here!

2. here, there

   Evo ga, gotov sam! ― Here it is, I am done!

3. (by extension, contexual) over here, over there

   Evo ga tamo! ― It is over here!

References

• “evo” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /éːʋɔ/, /ɛ́ʋɔ/

Interjection

ẹ̑vo or ȅvo

1. look, see, behold
2. there, there you go

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin aevum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital force”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈebo/ [ˈe.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ebo
• Syllabification: e‧vo

Noun

evo m (plural evos)

1. (poetic) eternity

Derived terms

• medievo
• medioevo

 

Related terms

• coevo

 

Further reading

• “evo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014