Masculine
Meaning

  1. (masculine) dust (fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects)
  2. (masculine) powder, dust (fine particles of a dry substance)
  3. (colloquial, masculine, vulgar) fuck, screw (sexual intercourse)
  4. (masculine, plural, plural-only) see polvos

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
pol‧vo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpolbo/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish polvos (singular), from Vulgar Latin *pulvus, neuter form derived from Classical Latin pulvis m, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”). Compare English pulverise.

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