cabalo

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Galician

Galician cabalos (horses)
cabalos

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cavalo, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of Gaulish origin. Compare Portuguese cavalo.

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Noun

cabalo m (plural cabalos, feminine egua, feminine plural eguas)

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight

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See also

Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text)
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rei dama, raíña torre, roque alfil cabalo peón

References

  • “cavalo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “caualo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cabalo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cabalo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cabalo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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