cravo

Galician

Alternative forms

• clavo

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cravo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin clāvus (“nail”) (maybe a semi-learned word, since it experienced an irregular phonetic evolution; compare also Spanish clavo), itself from Proto-Italic *klāwos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u-. Cognate with Portuguese cravo and Spanish clavo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾaβo̝/

Noun

cravo m (plural cravos)

1. nail
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 151:

     talen aa huña de fora ataa a danadura do crauo que lixo nen podreen nenhũa non posa ficar na chaga por nenhũa gisa

     they shall cut the hoof until the nail injury, so that no dirt or rottenness remain in the wound under no circumstance

   • 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago:

     destes por duas palmelas et dous golfoos et cravos para o gindastes dose moravedis

     you gave for two hinges and for nails for the windlass 12 coins

   Synonyms: prego, punta

2. (cooking) unexpanded buds of the clove tree, used as spice

Related terms

• caravel
• craveiro

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “crauo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cravo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cravo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾa.vu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾa.vo/
• Rhymes: -avu

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cravo, from Latin clāvus (“nail”) (with an irregular phonetic evolution; compare Spanish clavo), itself from Proto-Italic *klāwos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u-.

Noun

cravo m (plural s)

1. horseshoe nail
2. a type of nail used to crucify people
3. (botany) carnation (a flower, Dianthus caryophyllus)

   Revolução dos Cravos ― Carnation Revolution

4. (botany) clove (a tree, Syzygium aromaticum, syn. )
5. (cooking) unexpanded buds of the clove tree, used as spice
6. pimple (inflamed spot on the skin)
7. (dermatology) clavus; corn (callous growth on the foot)

Synonyms

• (clove): cravo-da-índia
• (pimple): espinha

Related terms

• cravar

Verb

cravo

Etymology 2

From French clavier (“keyboard”), from Latin clāvis (“key”).

Noun

cravo m (plural s)

1. harpsichord (keyboard instrument which produces sound by plucking the strings)

Derived terms

• cravista

Related terms

• chave
• clavicórdio