cava

noun

ca·​va ˈkä-və 

variants or Cava

plural cavas or Cavas

: a sparkling wine produced in Catalonia

Offer one bubbly, be it Cava, Champagne or Prosecco …

—Mike DeSimone et al.

Spanish cava makers are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the bubbly this year …

—Al Goodman

Examples of cava in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But value-conscious wine drinkers willing to buy an $18 cava may balk at a $23 cava. —Eric Asimov, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025

This is a place to linger over glasses of Estrella and big-gulp cava while little plates of fresh and fried seafood appear and disappear. —Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025

The prix fixe menu starts with glass of cava brut and includes items such as a foie gras gougere, wagyu carpaccio, filet mignon, ribeye, family-style sides and a choice of dessert. —Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024

On deck, the cava is flowing and guests are acclimatizing to the heat and waves. —Alexandra Pereira, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Catalan, short for vi de cava, literally, "wine from (a) cave" (referring to the vaults where the wine was stored for secondary fermentation)

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing cava

• superior vena cava
• vena cava

Rhymes for cava

• fava
• guava
• jahveh
• lava
• balaclava
• cassava

Medical Definition

cava

1 of 2 noun

ca·​va ˈkäv-ə  ˈkā-və 

plural cavae ˈkäv-ˌē  -ˌī; ˈkā-ˌvē 

: vena cava

caval

-vəl 

adjective

cava

2 of 2

plural of cavum