alvo

From Latin alvus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.vo/
• Rhymes: -alvo
• Hyphenation: àl‧vo

alvo m (plural alvi) (literary)

1. intestine

   Synonym: intestino

2. belly

   Synonym: ventre

• alvo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• lavo, lavò, vola

alvō

1. dative/ablative singular of alvus

• alvo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

 

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin albus. Doublet of álbum.

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -alvu, (Brazil) -awvu
• Hyphenation: al‧vo

alvo (feminine alva, masculine plural alvos, feminine plural alvas, comparable, comparative mais alvo, superlative o mais alvo or alvíssimo)

1. (poetic, archaic) white

   Synonym: branco

2. (poetic, archaic, figuratively) pure

   Synonym: puro

alvo m (plural alvos)

1. target

   A flecha acertou no alvo. ― The arrow hit the target.

2. (figurative) goal, objective
3. (figurative) object of criticism or ridicule

   Ela foi alvo de críticas. ― She was the target of criticism.

4. (poetic, archaic) white

   Synonym: branco

• → Tetum: alvu

• “alvo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024