Feminine

selva

Meaning

  1. (feminine) jungle
  2. (feminine) woods, forest
  3. (feminine, figuratively) mass, multitude, forest

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɛw.vɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin silva, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Compare the doublet silva.

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