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Galician

Noun

cavalo m (plural cavalos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of cabalo

References

  • “cavalo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    cavalo m (plural cavalos)

    1. horse

    Descendants

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

    References

    • Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025), “cavalo”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
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    Portuguese

    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Alternative forms

    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 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

       
       

      • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
      • Rhymes: -alu
      • Hyphenation: ca‧va‧lo

      Noun

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

      1. horse (Equus ferus caballus)
        • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A Cigana [The Gypsy]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 143:
          A galera como um cavallo que obedece facilmente á pericia de um optimo cavalleiro, proejou a barra em meio das exclamações dos impacientes e saudosos passageiros.
          The galley, like a horse that easily obeys the skill of an excellent rider, crossed the bar amidst the exclamations of the impatient and nostalgic passengers.

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      Noun

      cavalo m (plural cavalos)

      1. (chess) knight
      2. (slang) heroin
      3. (automotive) horsepower (a unit that measures the power of an engine)
        motor de 172 cavalos ― 172-horsepower engine
      5. (agriculture) rootstock
        Synonym: porta-enxerto

      Noun

      cavalo m (plural cavalos, feminine cavala, feminine plural cavalas)

      1. (figuratively, derogatory) a coarse, rude person

      See also

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

      Further reading

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      Spanish

      Verb

      cavalo

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

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