corvo

See also: Corvo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese corvo, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾbo/ [ˈkɔɾ.β̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɔɾbo

Adjective

corvo (feminine corva, masculine plural corvos, feminine plural corvas)

1. black; dark

Noun

corvo m (plural corvos)

1. raven (Corvus corax)
   • 1894, Luís Otero Pimentel, Truada de rapaces:

     Dempois vin dúas lavandeiras que depenicaban unha espiga de trigo na leira de Xan de Pedreira, unha pomba que voaba pró souto de Fonte Boa, unha péga que fuxía de un lagarteiro, catro corvos que espaturraban un canciño morto na carballeira, un melro que asubiaba entre as follas dun cereixo, un carpinteiro que facía o burato pró seu niño; e unha laverca que rebulía no aire, con unha miñoquiña no pico.

     After this I saw two wagtails which were pecking a wheat spike at the field of Xan de Pedreira, a dove flying to the wood of Fonte Boa, a magpie fleeing from a kestrel, four ravens which were clawing at a dead pup at the oak grove, a blackbird whistling in the leaves of a cherry tree, a woodpecker making the hole of its nest; and a lark fluttering in the air with a little earthworm in its beak.

2. crow (Corvus corone)

   Synonym: choia

Derived terms

• Corval
• corveira
• Corveira
• Corveiro
• Corveiros
• corvo do mar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “corvo”, 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), “corvo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corvo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin corvus, from Proto-Italic *korwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr.vo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrvo
• Hyphenation: còr‧vo

• Audio:

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Noun

corvo m (plural corvi)

1. raven, crow, rook

Derived terms

• corvo comune
• corvo imperiale

See also

• cornacchia

Latin

Noun

corvō m

1. dative/ablative singular of corvus

References

• "corvo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrβo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrβo
• Hyphenation: cor‧vo

Noun

corvo m (plural corvos)

1. crow, raven

Derived terms

• corveiro
• corvejar
• Corveyra
• Corvo
• corvo viaraz

Descendants

• Fala: colvu, corvu
• Galician: corvo
• Portuguese: corvo

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “corvo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “corvo”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “corvo”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “corvo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese corvo, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ.vu/ [ˈkoɦ.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ.vu/ [ˈkoɦ.vu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ.vu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ.vu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɻ.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ.vo/ [ˈkoɦ.vo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ.vu/

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

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Rhymes: -oɾvu
• Homophone: Corvo
• Hyphenation: cor‧vo

Noun

corvo m (plural corvos, metaphonic)

1. crow, raven (bird of the genus Corvus)
   • 1902, “O Corvo”, in Machado de Assis, transl., Poesias Completas [Complete Poetry], volume Occidentaes [Western], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Garnier-Irmãos, translation of The Raven by Edgar Alan Poe, page 301:

     Abro a janella, e de repente, / Vejo tumultuosamente / Um nobre corvo entrar, digno de antigos dias.

     [original: Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, / In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore; […]]

     I open the window and, suddenly, I see a noble raven tumultuously enter, worthy of the old days.

2. (architecture) modillion

   Synonyms: modilhão, cachorro

Related terms

• corvídeo
• corvino

Further reading

• “corvo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “corvo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾbo/ [ˈkoɾ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -oɾbo
• Syllabification: cor‧vo

Etymology 1

From Latin curvus.

Adjective

corvo (feminine corva, masculine plural corvos, feminine plural corvas)

1. curved, arched, hooked

Noun

corvo m (plural corvos)

1. hook (weapon)

   Synonym: garfio

2. (Chile) curved knife

Etymology 2

Verb

corvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of corvar

Further reading

• “corvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025