cravo

Meaning

1. (masculine) nail
2. (masculine) unexpanded buds of the clove tree, used as spice

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɾaβo̝/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cravo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin clāvus (“nail”) (maybe a semi-learned word, since it experienced an irregular phonetic evolution; compare also Spanish clavo), itself from Proto-Italic *klāwos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u-. Cognate with Portuguese cravo and Spanish clavo.

Sentences

Tamén hai cultivos a gran escala de cultivos comerciais tales como o cravo .

There are also large-scale cultivars of commercial crops such as cloves.