cueva
Meaning
- (feminine) cave
- (feminine) basement, cellar
- (Argentina,euphemistic,feminine) black-market bureau de change; a place to exchange pesos for dólares blue.
Concepts
cave
grotto
cavern
cellar
nest
hole
den
niche
building
house
lair
dungeon
underground
vault
well
cavity
concave
hollow
Frequency
Hyphenated as
cue‧va
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkweba/
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cova, from covus, alternative form of Latin cavus (or from a variant of Late Latin cava, from cavum, cavus), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Compare Portuguese cova. Not related to English cove, despite the similarity in meaning.
'%3e%3c/path%3e%3c/g%3e%3cdefs%3e%3cmarker%20markerWidth='4.5'%20markerHeight='4.5'%20refX='2.25'%20refY='2.25'%20viewBox='0%200%204.5%204.5'%20orient='auto'%20id='SvgjsMarker4023'%3e%3cpolygon%20points='0,4.5%201.5,2.25%200,0%204.5,2.25'%20fill='white'%3e%3c/polygon%3e%3c/marker%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e)
Start learning Spanish with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "cueva" and many other words and sentences in Spanish.
Go to our Spanish course page
Notes
Sign in to write sticky notes
Sentences
En realidad , habían descubierto una cueva subterránea llena de gas natural .
They had actually discovered an underground cave filled with natural gas.
