Wiktionary

caballo

Aragonese edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of disputed origin.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kaˈbaʎo/
  • Rhymes: -aʎo
  • Syllabification: ca‧ba‧llo

Noun edit

caballo m (plural caballos)

  1. horse

Chavacano edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish caballo.

Noun edit

caballo

  1. horse
  2. (chess piece) knight

Related terms edit

Classical Nahuatl edit

Noun edit

caballo

  1. Alternative spelling of cahuallo

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

caballō

  1. dative/ablative singular of caballus

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of disputed origin.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈbaʝo/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaˈbaʎo/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʎo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈbaʃo/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈbaʒo/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʒo]

 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝo
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎo
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃo
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒo

  • Syllabification: ca‧ba‧llo

Noun edit

caballo m (plural caballos, feminine yegua, feminine plural yeguas)

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight
  3. (slang) heroin

Hyponyms edit

Derived terms edit

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Descendants edit

See also edit

Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text)
           
rey dama, reina torre, roque alfil caballo peón

Further reading edit

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