peto
Meaning
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- (masculine) woodpecker
- (masculine) money box; poor box
- (masculine) pocket
- (figuratively,masculine) nest egg, savings
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpeto̝/
Etymology
13th century. Unknown. From *pētto, perhaps onomatopoeic, but note Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker”) (Latin pīcus, Danish spætte).
New
petar
- (intransitive,transitive) to knock, to impact
- (transitive) to churn
- (figuratively,intransitive) to want
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