covare
Meaning
- (transitive) to brood, to incubate (an egg) (keep an egg warm) (of a bird)
- (broadly, figuratively, transitive) to brood, to protect, to foster
- (transitive) to cultivate, to nurture (an emotion, desire, etc.)
- (intransitive) to remain unexpressed; to be bottled up
Concepts
Synonyms
bruciare senza fiamma
Translations
brüten
couver
broeden
chocar
incubar
incubareHyphenated as
co‧và‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/koˈva.re/
Etymology
From Latin cubō (“to lie down”), from Proto-Italic *kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-. Doublet of cubare.
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