cueva

Значение

(feminine) cave
(feminine) basement, cellar
(Argentina,euphemistic,feminine) black-market bureau de change; a place to exchange pesos for dólares blue.

Частота

Пишется через дефис как

cue‧va

Пол

♀️ Женственный

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈkweba/

Этимология

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cova, from covus, alternative form of Latin cavus (or from a variant of Late Latin cava, from cavum, cavus), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Compare Portuguese cova. Not related to English cove, despite the similarity in meaning.