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cavorco

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Latin cavus or either from a substrate language, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-. Cognate with Spanish cahuerco.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cavorco m (plural cavorcos)

  1. ravine
    Synonyms: barreiro, cárcava, corgo, groba, callostro, freita, baiunca, barronca, quenlle
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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cahuerco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos