What does cava in Spanish mean?

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

The word cava in Spanish means cellar, wine cellar, large vein, wine cellar, cava, dig, hoe, vena cava. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cava

cellar, wine cellar

nombre femenino (cueva para elaborar vino)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Producía vinos secos y extra secos en una cava que pertenecía a su padre.
He produced dry and extra dry wines in a cellar (or: wine cellar) that belonged to his father.

large vein

nombre femenino (Anatomía: vena) (anatomy)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La cava superior es la segunda vena de mayor tamaño del cuerpo humano.
The superior large vein is the second largest vein in the human body.

wine cellar

nombre femenino (CR, MX, galicismo (bodega para vinos)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Don Gerardo tiene una cava donde colecciona vinos.
Mr. Gerardo has a wine cellar where he collects wine.

cava

nombre masculino (vino)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
¿Te gustaría una copa de cava?
Would you like a glass of cava?

dig

verbo transitivo (un hoyo, una zanja)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Cavó un hoyo profundo para plantar el árbol.
She dug a deep hole to plant the tree.

hoe

verbo transitivo (para cultivar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Con ochenta años y ahí está, cavando el huerto.
Even at the age of eighty, he is still hoeing the garden.

vena cava

nombre femenino (medicina: vena mayor)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La vena cava superior y la inferior desembocan en el corazón.

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