cavalcare

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin caballicāre, present active infinitive of caballicō, from Latin caballus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.valˈka.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: ca‧val‧cà‧re

Verb

cavalcàre (first-person singular present cavàlco, first-person singular past historic cavalcài, past participle cavalcàto, auxiliary avere)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to ride (a horse) [auxiliary avere]
   • c. 13^th century, Ricordano Malespini, “Come Athalan hebbe tre figliuoli, e di Italia per cui fu nominata”, in Historia antica‎^[1], published 1568, page 2:

     lo ſicondo hebbe nome Dardano, lo quale fue il primo caualiere del mondo, e che ĩ prima caualcò cauallo

     The second one was named Dardanus, which was the world's first horseman, and which rode a horse for the first time ever

2. (transitive, figuratively, by extension) to sit astride on
3. (transitive, archaic, by extension) to pass by (a place) with a horse
4. (transitive) to take advantage of (a situation created by someone else); to be opportunistic; to ride the wave
5. (figuratively, transitive) to span (to traverse the distance between, of a bridge etc.)

   Synonym: attraversare

   • 2019 June 4, Luigi Ippolito, “Trump cavalca la Brexit: «Faremo accordi fenomenali»”, in Corriere della Sera‎^[2]:

     Trump cavalca la Brexit: «Faremo accordi fenomenali»

     Trump jumped on the Brexit bandwagon: "We will make phenomenal agreements"

6. (transitive, vulgar, slang) to make, have (sexually)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cavalcare

infinitive	cavalcare
auxiliary verb		avere	gerund		cavalcando
present participle		cavalcante	past participle		cavalcato
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	cavalco	cavalchi	cavalca	cavalchiamo	cavalcate	cavalcano
imperfect	cavalcavo	cavalcavi	cavalcava	cavalcavamo	cavalcavate	cavalcavano
past historic	cavalcai	cavalcasti	cavalcò	cavalcammo	cavalcaste	cavalcarono
future	cavalcherò	cavalcherai	cavalcherà	cavalcheremo	cavalcherete	cavalcheranno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	cavalcherei	cavalcheresti	cavalcherebbe	cavalcheremmo	cavalchereste	cavalcherebbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	cavalchi	cavalchi	cavalchi	cavalchiamo	cavalchiate	cavalchino
imperfect	cavalcassi	cavalcassi	cavalcasse	cavalcassimo	cavalcaste	cavalcassero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		cavalca, non cavalcare	cavalchi	cavalchiamo	cavalcate	cavalchino

Derived terms

• scavalcare

Related terms

Related terms

• cavalcata
• cavalcatore

• cavalcatura
• cavalcavia

Anagrams

• cavarcela