polvo
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- dust fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects
- powder, dust fine particles of a dry substance
- (vulgar) fuck, screw sexual intercourse
- (plurale tantum) see polvos
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *pulvus, pulvis (dust, powder) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pel-
Gloss
dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
皮, 膚, 肌
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Shimose powder English
- bepowder English
- cryopowder English
- gunpowder English
- nanopowder English
- overpowder English
- pillow English
- powder English
- powderer English
- powderflask English
- powderhorn English
- powderhound English
- powderize English
- powderless English
- powderlike English
- powdermaker English
- powdermill English
- powdery English
- pulverine English
- pulvinone English
- *pulus Latin
- *pulvic(u)la Latin
- *pulvus Latin
- *pŭlverēta Latin
- palea Latin
- palla Latin
- pallium Latin
- pallor Latin
- pellis Latin
- pellis, pellem Latin
- pollen Latin
- puls Latin
- pulverem Latin
- pulverulentus Latin
- pulvinus Latin
- pulvis Latin
- polve Italian
- polverino Italian
- poudre French
- de Spanish, Castilian
- despolvorear Spanish, Castilian
- espolvorear Spanish, Castilian
- guardapolvo Spanish, Castilian
- guardar Spanish, Castilian
- polvazo Spanish, Castilian
- polvorear Spanish, Castilian
- polvorón Spanish, Castilian
- polvos Spanish, Castilian
- tormenta Spanish, Castilian
- tormenta de polvo Spanish, Castilian
- -πλόος Ancient Greek
- διπλόος Ancient Greek
- πέλεια Ancient Greek
- πέλτη Ancient Greek
- πέμπελος Ancient Greek
- πέπλος Ancient Greek
- πελιός Ancient Greek
- πλανάω Ancient Greek
- πλανήτης Ancient Greek
- πωλέω Ancient Greek
- πόλεμος Ancient Greek
- πόλτος Ancient Greek
- *-poltos Proto-Indo-European
- *pel- Proto-Indo-European
- *pel-ni-s Proto-Indo-European
- *pel-sḱo- Proto-Indo-European
- *pelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *pl̥-yé-ti Proto-Indo-European
- antipó Portuguese
- pó Portuguese
- *-falþaz Proto-Germanic
- *falwaz Proto-Germanic
- *falþaną Proto-Germanic
- *falþaz Proto-Germanic
- パウダー Japanese
- पलव Sanskrit
- पलाव Sanskrit
- poudre Middle English
- *pelnъ Proto-Slavic
- *plěna Proto-Slavic
- poudre Old French
- pous Old French
- polvo Esperanto
- polvosuĉi Esperanto
- polvosuĉilo Esperanto
- polvoŝtormo Esperanto
- po Galician
- poalla Galician
- spulbera Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- plēst Latvian
- spalva Latvian
- *falþan gmw-pro
- poo Old Portuguese
- *ɸaltom Proto-Celtic
- spulbir Aromanian
- polvu Asturian
- pauda Tok Pisin
- paura Tok Pisin
- poudre xno
- *peliā Proto-Balto-Slavic
- pulvro Dalmatian
- belte Norwegian
- *pelpa Old Latin
- peluis Old Latin
- 𒆜𒀸 Hittite
- pólvra Emilian
- pòwdo’óne Taos
- *plikas bat-pro