cabalo

Galician

Galician cabalos (horses)

cabalos

Alternative forms

• cavalo (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cavalo, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of Gaulish origin. Compare Portuguese cavalo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbalo/ [kɑˈβ̞a.lʊ]

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• Rhymes: -alo

Noun

cabalo m (plural cabalos, feminine egua, feminine plural eguas)

1. horse
2. (chess) knight

Derived terms

• Cabalar
• cabalaría
• Cabalariza
• Cabaleiras
• cabaleiro
• Cabalo
• cabalo do demo
• Cabalos
• Pradocabalos

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cavalo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caualo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cabalo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cabalo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabalo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN