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]
Noun[edit]
cavalo m
- horse
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 213 (facsimile):
- caeu con el o Caualo
- The buceta fell with him
Descendants[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cavalo, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), from Gaulish *kaballos, from Proto-Celtic *kaballos, perhaps ultimately an Asiatic borrowing or Wanderwort, compare Ancient Greek καβάλλης (kabállēs, “nag”), Proto-Slavic *kobýla (“mare”), Persian کول (kaval, “second class horse of mixed blood”), and possibly Karakhanid kevel (at) (“well-bred fast (horse)”). 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)
- horse (an equid)
- (figuratively) a coarse, rude man
- (chess) knight
- (slang) heroin
- (automotive) horsepower (a unit that measures the power of an engine)
- motor de 172 cavalos
- 172-horsepower engine
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See also[edit]
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
- second-person singular voseo imperative of cavar combined with lo
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- Old Galician-Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Gaulish
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Celtic
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/alu
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