cova
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɔ.vɐ/
cova is spelled C-O-V-A (4 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cova is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hole, hollow, cavity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of covo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abertura na terra”.
What does cova mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehole, hollow, cavity
- 2
femininecavern
- 3
femininegrave
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of covo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. abertura na terra 2. escavação 3. caverna 4. cavidade
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 cova
- covas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cova?
- Brazil /ˈkɔ.vɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkɔ.vɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkɔ.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 cova
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cova in Portuguese?
cova appears 6.5 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).