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cavalo

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    cavalo m (plural cavalos)

    1. horse
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    Descendants

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

    References

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    • Manuel Ferreiro (20142025) “cavalo”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

    Portuguese

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    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pt
    cavalo (Equus ferus caballus)

    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      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

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

      Noun

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

      1. horse (an equid)
        • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A Cigana [The Gypsy]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 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.
      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
      6. (agriculture) rootstock
        Synonym: porta-enxerto

      Derived terms

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      Descendants

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      See also

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      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

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      Verb

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      cavalo

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