covare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cubāre, present active infinitive of cubō (“I lie down”), from Proto-Italic *kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-. Doublet of cubare.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

covare

1. (transitive, intransitive) to brood (of birds), hatch
2. (transitive) to overprotect
3. (transitive, figuratively) to sit on
4. (intransitive, figuratively) to lurk
5. (intransitive, figuratively) to smoulder

Derived terms

• cova
• covata
• covaticcio
• covatoio
• covatore
• covatrice
• covo

 

Anagrams

• caverò, ceravo, coverà, creavo, recavo, revoca, vocare, vocerà, vorace

References

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