povo

From povi +‎ -o.

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• IPA^(key): [ˈpovo]
• Rhymes: -ovo
• Hyphenation: po‧vo

povo (accusative singular povon, plural povoj, accusative plural povojn)

1. ability

povo (plural povi)

1. ability
2. power

• (ability): habileso

• povar

From Old Portuguese poboo (displacing collateral form poblo), from Latin populus (“people, nation”), from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”), maybe from Etruscan. Cognate with Galician pobo.

povo m (plural povos, metaphonic)

1. people
2. hamlet (a small village or a group of houses)

   Synonym: lugarejo

3. (Brazil) mob

For quotations using this term, see Citations:povo.

• população, popular
• povoado, povoar
• póvoa

• Kabuverdianu: povu
• → Makalero: povu
• → Mirandese: pobo