Feminine
cueva
Sentences
En realidad , habían descubierto una cueva subterránea llena de gas natural .
They had actually discovered an underground cave filled with natural gas.
Meaning
- (feminine) cave
- (feminine) basement, cellar
- (Argentina, euphemistic, feminine) black-market bureau de change; a place to exchange pesos for dólares blue.
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Frequency
Hyphenated as
cue‧va
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkweba/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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