cavalo

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Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Galicia) IPA(key): /ka.ˈβa.lo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ka.ˈβa.lʊ/

Noun[edit]

cavalo m

  1. horse

Descendants[edit]

  • Galician: cabalo
  • Portuguese: cavalo (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese[edit]

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cavalo (Equus ferus caballus)

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-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[edit]

 

  • Rhymes: -alu
  • Hyphenation: ca‧va‧lo

Noun[edit]

cavalo m (plural cavalos, feminine égua, feminine plural éguas)

  1. horse (an equid)
  2. (figuratively) a coarse, rude man
  3. (chess) knight
  4. (slang) heroin
  5. (automotive) horsepower (a unit that measures the power of an engine)
    motor de 172 cavalos
    172-horsepower engine

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Chess pieces in Portuguese · peças de xadrez (layout · text)
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rei rainha, dama torre bispo cavalo peão

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

cavalo

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of cavar combined with lo