Polyglot Dictionary

pavio

/paˈviu/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os pavios

Meaning

  1. wick

    • Acenda o pavio.

      Light the wick.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Docht

Docht is the German word for the same thing — both mean "wick."

Spanish

pábilo

pábilo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "wick."

Practice

1 What does pavio mean?

2 Fill the gap: Acenda o ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pavio?

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