égua

See also: egua

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese égua.

Noun

égua

1. mare

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary (overall work in English), Mili Mila, →ISBN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• egua (pre-standardization spelling)
• egoa (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese égua, egua, egoa, from Latin equa. Compare Spanish yegua (“mare”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɡwɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɡwɐ/ [ˈɛ.ɣwɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɡwɐ/ [ˈɛ.ɣwɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɡwɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛɡwɐ
• Hyphenation: é‧gua

Noun

égua f (plural éguas, masculine cavalo, masculine plural cavalos)

1. mare (female horse)

   Synonym: (humorous) cavala

Related terms

• equestre
• equino
• equitação
• Felipe
• Filipe
• Filipinas
• filipino
• hipismo
• hipo-
• hipódromo
• hipogrifo
• Hipólito
• hipopótamo
• zebra
• zebro

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: égua
• Macanese: égu

Interjection

égua

1. (Brazil, colloquial, regional) fucking hell, Jesus H. Christ, bloody hell, fuck, shit, crikey (interjection of astonishment and difficulty)

Further reading

• “égua”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “égua” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “égua”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “égua”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026