"selva" meaning in Portuguese

See selva in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛw.vɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈsɛʊ̯.vɐ] [Brazil], /ˈsɛw.vɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈsɛʊ̯.vɐ] [Brazil], /ˈsɛw.va/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈsɛʊ̯.va] [Southern-Brazil], /ˈsɛl.vɐ/ [Portugal], [ˈsɛɫ.vɐ] [Portugal], /ˈsɛl.vɐ/ [Portugal], [ˈsɛɫ.vɐ] [Portugal], /ˈsɛl.bɐ/ [Northern, Portugal], [ˈsɛɫ.βɐ] [Northern, Portugal] Audio: LL-Q5146_(por)-MedK1-selva.wav [Brazil] Forms: selvas [plural]
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin silva, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Compare the doublet silva. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|-}} Old Galician-Portuguese, {{inh|pt|la|silva}} Latin silva, {{der|pt|ine-pro|*sel-}} Proto-Indo-European *sel-, {{m|ine-pro|*swel-||beam, board, frame, threshold}} *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”), {{doublet|pt|silva|notext=1}} silva Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} selva f (plural selvas)
  1. jungle Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-selva-pt-noun-ke0u8V7u Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 49 41 11
  2. woods, forest Tags: feminine Synonyms: floresta, floresta
    Sense id: en-selva-pt-noun-Itp8COTN Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 49 41 11
  3. (figuratively) mass, multitude, forest Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-selva-pt-noun-OMVWOIps Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 49 41 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: selvagem, selvageria, silvestre, silvícola, silvicultura

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for selva meaning in Portuguese (3.9kB)

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      "ipa": "/ˈsɛw.vɐ/",
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      "ipa": "[ˈsɛʊ̯.vɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛw.vɐ/",
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛʊ̯.vɐ]",
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɛw.va/",
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        "Southern-Brazil"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛʊ̯.va]",
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        "Southern-Brazil"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛl.vɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛɫ.vɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛl.vɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛɫ.vɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɛl.bɐ/",
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      "ipa": "[ˈsɛɫ.βɐ]",
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        "Northern",
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    "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
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    {
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    },
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        },
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛw.vɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛʊ̯.vɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛw.vɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛʊ̯.vɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛw.va/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛʊ̯.va]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛl.vɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛɫ.vɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛl.vɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛɫ.vɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛl.bɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛɫ.βɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
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}

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