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cavalo.

horse (Equus ferus caballus)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaˈva.lu/Brazil/kɐˈva.lu/Portugal/kɐˈba.lu/Northern, Portugal[kɐˈβa.lu]Northern, Portugal
  1. horse (Equus ferus caballus)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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 [script needed] (kevel (at), “well-bred fast (horse)”). Cognate with Galician cabalo, Spanish caballo, Catalan cavall, Occitan caval, French cheval, Italian cavallo and Romanian cal.

noun/kaˈva.lu/Brazil/kɐˈva.lu/Portugal/kɐˈba.lu/Northern, Portugal[kɐˈβa.lu]Northern, Portugal
  1. knight

    masculine
  2. heroin

    masculine · slang
  3. horsepower (a unit that measures the power of an engine)

    masculine
    motor de 172 cavalos
  4. rootstock

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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 [script needed] (kevel (at), “well-bred fast (horse)”). Cognate with Galician cabalo, Spanish caballo, Catalan cavall, Occitan caval, French cheval, Italian cavallo and Romanian cal.

noun/kaˈva.lu/Brazil/kɐˈva.lu/Portugal/kɐˈba.lu/Northern, Portugal[kɐˈβa.lu]Northern, Portugal
  1. a coarse, rude person

    derogatory · figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

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 [script needed] (kevel (at), “well-bred fast (horse)”). Cognate with Galician cabalo, Spanish caballo, Catalan cavall, Occitan caval, French cheval, Italian cavallo and Romanian cal.

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