carvallo

See also: Carvallo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• carballo

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician carballo. Further etymology unknown; possibly from Paleo-Hispanic. Cognate to Asturian carbayu and Portuguese carvalho.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈbaʝo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈbaʝo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈbaʎo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈbaʃo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈbaʒo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -aʝo

• Rhymes: -aʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -aʎo (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: car‧va‧llo

Noun

carvallo m (plural carvallos) (Spain)

1. oak

   Synonym: roble

2. Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)

   Synonyms: quejigo, rebollo

Further reading

• “carvallo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025