cabresto

English

Noun

cabresto (plural cabrestos)

1. A halter (headpiece for animal).
   • 1851, Sporting Magazine, volume 18, page 274:

     It is said that if a cabresto is laid round the sleeping traveller , the snake will not get within it.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century; inherited from Latin capistrum.

Noun

cabresto m (plural cabrestos)

1. halter (Alternative form of cabestro)

   Synonyms: trela, xácoma

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cabresto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Mirandese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɐˈbɾeʃ.tu/

Adjective

cabresto (masculine plural cabrestos, feminine singular cabresta, feminine plural cabrestas)

1. (derogatory) idiot, fool, moron

Further reading

“cabresto” in MIRANDA DO DOURO

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabresto, inherited from Latin capistrum. Doublet of the borrowing capistro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈbɾes.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈbɾes.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈbɾeʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈbɾes.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈbɾeʃ.tu/ [kɐˈβɾeʃ.tu]

• Hyphenation: ca‧bres‧to

Noun

cabresto m (plural cabrestos)

1. halter (animal’s headgear)

Related terms

• encabrestar