parvo

See also: parvo-

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

parvo (uncountable)

1. (informal) parvovirus
   • 1980, Business Week

     Inoculating a dog against parvo costs about $7 to $15 for the shot, depending on your area and choice of veterinarian.

   • 1995, Mike Harlowe, K-9 Bodyguards: Ill:

     He will probably be next to a street cur that has parvo or rabies or distemper.

Anagrams

• vapor

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin parvus (“small; unimportant”), or from its diminutive parvulus; from Proto-Indo-European *ph₁w- (“few, small”). Cognate with Portuguese parvo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾβo̝/

Adjective

parvo m (feminine singular parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas)

1. foolish, stupid
2. unintelligent
3. simpleton

Noun

parvo m (plural parvos, feminine parva, feminine plural parvas)

1. a fool, an idiot

Derived terms

• aparvar
• parvada

References

• “parvo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “parvo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “parvo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Latin

Adjective

parvō

1. dative masculine singular of parvus
2. ablative masculine singular of parvus
3. dative neuter singular of parvus
4. ablative neuter singular of parvus

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin parvulus, diminutive of parvus, from metathesized form of Proto-Indo-European *pau-ro, from *ph₁w- (“few, small”). Cognate with Galician parvo and Spanish parvo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾ.vu/
• Hyphenation: par‧vo

Adjective

parvo m (feminine singular parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas, comparable)

1. dumb, foolish, stupid

   Como é que consegues ser tão parvo?

   How can you be so stupid?

2. (anatomy) small

   veia safena parva ― small saphenous vein

Synonyms

• (dumb): See here

Noun

parvo m (plural parvos, feminine parva, feminine plural parvas)

1. a fool, an idiot

Synonyms

• (fool): See here

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Spanish

Adjective

parvo (feminine singular parva, masculine plural parvos, feminine plural parvas)

1. (formal) small, minute