cavalo

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), from Gaulish caballos.

Pronunciation

(Galicia) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈβa.lo/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈβa.lʊ/

Noun

cavalo m

horse
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 213 (facsimile):
  
  caeu con el o Caualo
  The buceta fell with him

Descendants

Galician: cabalo
Portuguese: cavalo (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

cavalo

cavalo (Equus ferus caballus)

Alternative forms

cavallo (obsolete)
vacalo (obsolete, humorous)

Etymology

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 (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

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈva.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈva.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈva.lu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈba.lu/

Rhymes: -alu
Hyphenation: ca‧va‧lo

Noun

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Papiamentu: kabai
→ Old Tupi: kabaru

See also

Chess pieces in Portuguese · peças de xadrez (layout · text)

rei	rainha, dama	torre	bispo	cavalo	peão

Spanish

Verb

cavalo

second-person singular voseo imperative of cavar combined with lo

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