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cavalcare

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Italian

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Etymology

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    From Late Latin caballicāre, from Latin caballus. Compare Portuguese cavalgar, Spanish cabalgar, Galician cabalgar.

    Pronunciation

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

    Verb

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

    1. (ambitransitive) to ride (a horse) [auxiliary avere]
      • c. 13th 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 cavaliere del mondo, e che in prima cavalcò cavallo
        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, figurative, 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. (figurative, 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)

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    Descendants

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    • Sardinian: cavalcai (Campidanese)

    Further reading

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    • cavalcare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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