parvo

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.

See also

• multum in parvo

Anagrams

• vapor

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾbo/ [ˈpaɾ.β̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -aɾbo
• Hyphenation: par‧vo

Adjective

parvo (feminine 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

References

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

Adjective

parvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of parvus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: par‧vo

Adjective

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

1. (anatomy) small

   veia safena parva ― small saphenous vein

2. (chiefly Portugal) dumb, foolish, stupid

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

   Como é que consegues ser tão parvo?

   How can you be so stupid?

Noun

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

1. a fool, an idiot

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Etymology

From Latin parvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾbo/ [ˈpaɾ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾbo
• Syllabification: par‧vo

Adjective

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

1. (formal) small, minute

Further reading

• “parvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10