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ITALIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

covare.

to brood, to incubate (an egg) (keep an egg warm) (of a bird)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/koˈva.re/
  1. to brood, to incubate (an egg) (keep an egg warm) (of a bird)

    transitive
  2. to brood, to protect, to foster

    broadly · figuratively · transitive
  3. to cultivate, to nurture (an emotion, desire, etc.)

    transitive
    lui cova odio per Enzo
  4. to remain unexpressed; to be bottled up

    intransitive
    covava in lei una rabbia irriducibile
Where this word comes from

From Latin cubō (“to lie down”), from Proto-Italic *kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-. Doublet of cubare.

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