cuervo

/ˈkweɾbo/ · B2 · noun · m

crow

cuervo — crow

🐦‍⬛ cuervo comes from Latin corvus, the root of English corvid

Corvus is the Latin for crow, and corvids is the bird family of crows and ravens. In Spanish the o of corvus became ue, the same change that turned Latin porta into puerta, so corvus became cuervo.

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