Polyglot Dictionary

polvo

/ˈpowvu/

o noun B1

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 polvos

Meaning

  1. octopus

    • Comi polvo.

      I ate octopus.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Krake

Krake is the German word for the same thing — both mean "octopus."

Spanish

pulpo

pulpo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "octopus."

French

pieuvre

pieuvre is the French word for the same thing — both mean "octopus."

French

poulpe

poulpe is the French word for the same thing — both mean "octopus."

Practice

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