What does cova in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word cova in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use cova in Portuguese.

The word cova in Portuguese means grave, hole, planting hole, hole, hole, túmulo, buraco, toca, cova, fazer revirar-se na cova, cova coletiva. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cova

grave

substantivo feminino (sepultura)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

hole, planting hole

substantivo feminino (abertura para semeadura) (arboriculture, gardening)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

hole

substantivo feminino (toca) (lair)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

hole

substantivo feminino (buraco ou cavidade)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

túmulo

noun (burial place)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
A nova casa ficava em frente a um velho cemitério cheio de sepulturas.
The new house was across from an old cemetery full of graves.

buraco

noun (hole in ground)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
O buraco era bastante profundo.
The pit went down a long way.

toca, cova

noun (animal's tunnel, hole) (abrigo de animal)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Eu estou tentando cobrir todas as covas de roedores na minha propriedade.
I'm trying to fill all the gopher burrows on my property.

fazer revirar-se na cova

verbal expression (figurative (would offend: dead person)

(expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.)

cova coletiva

noun (burial place: many bodies)

Many Holocaust victims were buried in mass graves.

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