rabo-de-cavalo

See also: rabo de cavalo

Portuguese

Equisetum arvense

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bu d͡ʒi kaˈva.lu/ [ˈha.bu d͡ʒi kaˈva.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bu d͡ʒi kaˈva.lu/ [ˈha.bu d͡ʒi kaˈva.lu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bu d͡ʒi kaˈva.lu/ [ˈχa.bu d͡ʒi kaˈva.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bo de kaˈva.lo/ [ˈha.bo de kaˈva.lo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bu dɨ kɐˈva.lu/ [ˈʁa.βu ðɨ kɐˈva.lu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bu dɨ kɐˈva.lu/ [ˈʁa.βu ðɨ kɐˈva.lu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bu dɨ kɐˈba.lu/ [ˈʁa.βu ðɨ kɐˈβa.lu]

Noun

rabo-de-cavalo m (plural rabos-de-cavalo)

1. horsetail (any plant of the genus Equisetum)

   Synonym: cavalinha

2. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of rabo de cavalo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

See also

• rabo de cavalo

Further reading

• “rabo-de-cavalo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “rabo-de-cavalo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “rabo-de-cavalo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025