cavalcare

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin caballicāre, from Latin caballus. Compare Portuguese cavalgar, Spanish cabalgar, Galician cabalgar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.valˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ca‧val‧cà‧re

Verb

cavalcàre (first-person singular present cavàlco, first-person singular past historic cavalcài, past participle cavalcàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to ride (a horse)
    • c. 13th century, Ricordano Malespini, “Come Athalan hebbe tre figliuoli, e di Italia per cui fu nominata”, in Historia antica‎, published 1568, page 2:
      lo sicondo hebbe nome Dardano, lo quale fue il primo cavaliere del mondo, e che in prima cavalcò cavallo
      The second one was named Dardanus, which was the world's first horseman, and which rode a horse for the first time ever
  2. (transitive, figurative, by extension) to sit astride on
  3. (transitive, archaic, by extension) to pass by (a place) with a horse
  4. (transitive) to take advantage of (a situation created by someone else); to be opportunistic; to ride the wave
  5. (figurative, transitive) to span (to traverse the distance between, of a bridge etc.)
    Synonym: attraversare
    • 2019 June 4, Luigi Ippolito, “Trump cavalca la Brexit: «Faremo accordi fenomenali»”, in Corriere della Sera‎:
      Trump cavalca la Brexit: «Faremo accordi fenomenali»
      Trump jumped on the Brexit bandwagon: "We will make phenomenal agreements"
  6. (transitive, vulgar, slang) to make, have (sexually)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cavalcàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive cavalcàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund cavalcàndo
present participle cavalcànte past participle cavalcàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present cavàlco cavàlchi cavàlca cavalchiàmo cavalcàte cavàlcano
imperfect cavalcàvo cavalcàvi cavalcàva cavalcavàmo cavalcavàte cavalcàvano
past historic cavalcài cavalcàsti cavalcò cavalcàmmo cavalcàste cavalcàrono
future cavalcherò cavalcherài cavalcherà cavalcherémo cavalcheréte cavalcherànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present cavalcherèi cavalcherésti cavalcherèbbe, cavalcherébbe cavalcherémmo cavalcheréste cavalcherèbbero, cavalcherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present cavàlchi cavàlchi cavàlchi cavalchiàmo cavalchiàte cavàlchino
imperfect cavalcàssi cavalcàssi cavalcàsse cavalcàssimo cavalcàste cavalcàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
cavàlca cavàlchi cavalchiàmo cavalcàte cavàlchino
negative imperative non cavalcàre non cavàlchi non cavalchiàmo non cavalcàte non cavàlchino

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Sardinian: cavalcai (Campidanese)

Further reading

  • cavalcare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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