Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

cavalo m

  1. horse

Descendants edit

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

Portuguese edit

 
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cavalo (Equus ferus caballus)

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Etymology edit

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 کول (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 edit

 
 

  • Rhymes: -alu
  • Hyphenation: ca‧va‧lo

Noun edit

cavalo m (plural cavalos, feminine égua, feminine plural éguas)

  1. horse (an equid)
  2. (figuratively) a coarse, rude man
  3. (chess) knight
  4. (slang) heroin
  5. (automotive) horsepower (a unit that measures the power of an engine)
    motor de 172 cavalos
    172-horsepower engine

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See also edit

Chess pieces in Portuguese · peças de xadrez (layout · text)
           
rei rainha, dama torre bispo cavalo peão

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Verb edit

cavalo

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of cavar combined with lo