cavalo

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), from Gaulish caballos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈβa.lo/

Noun

cavalo m

1. horse
   • 13th century C.E., Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , E codex, cantiga 213 (facsimile):

     caeu con el o Caualo

     The horse fell with him

Descendants

• Galician: cabalo
• Portuguese: cavalo, cavallo
  • Papiamentu: kabai

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Portuguese

cavalo (Equus ferus caballus)

Alternative forms

• cavallo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cavalo, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), from Gaulish caballos. Cognate with Galician cabalo, Spanish caballo, Catalan cavall, Occitan caval, French cheval, Italian cavallo and Romanian cal.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ˈva.lu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈva.lu/, [kɐ.ˈvä.l̪ʊ]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈva.lo/
• Hyphenation: ca‧va‧lo

Noun

cavalo m (plural cavalos) f égua

1. horse (mammal)
2. (figuratively) a coarse, rude man
3. (chess) knight
4. (slang) heroin
5. (automotive) a unit that measures the power of an engine

   motor de 172 cavalos

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• tirar o cavalo da chuva
• cavalo de Troia

Descendants

• Papiamentu: kabai

Related terms

• anticavalo
• cavalar
• cavalaria
• cavaleiro
• cavalgada
• cavalgar
• cavalheiro
• cavalo marinho
• equitação
• estábulo
• hipismo