cava
Portuguese, noun/ˈka.vɐ/
cava is spelled C-A-V-A (4 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,965th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cava is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “armhole (hole for the arm in clothing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cavar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de cavar”.
What does cava mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearmhole (hole for the arm in clothing)
- 2
femininepit (hole dug in the ground)
- 3
feminineellipsis of veia cava (“large vein”)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cavo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de cavar 2. o que se produz ao cavar, rego, suco, vala 3. abertura no local da emenda da manga de uma roupa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cava
- cavas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cava?
- Brazil /ˈka.vɐ/
- Portugal /ˈka.vɐ/
- Portugal /ˈka.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cava
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cava in Portuguese?
cava appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).