caballo

Aragonese

Etymology

From Late Latin caballus (horse), from Latin caballus (pack horse), of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈbaʎo/
  • Rhymes: -aʎo
  • Syllabification: ca‧ba‧llo

Noun

caballo m (plural caballos)

  1. horse

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish caballo.

Noun

caballo

  1. horse
  2. (chess piece) knight

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

caballo

  1. Alternative spelling of cahuallo

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

caballō

  1. dative/ablative singular of caballus

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin caballus (horse), from Latin caballus (pack horse), of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈbaʝo/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaˈbaʎo/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʎo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈbaʃo/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈbaʒo/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʒo]

 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝo
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎo
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃo
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒo

  • Syllabification: ca‧ba‧llo

Noun

caballo m (plural caballos, feminine yegua, feminine plural yeguas)

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight
  3. (slang) heroin
    • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter IX, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 132:
      Un yonqui, de espaldas a la cámara, hace unas declaraciones: ahora, el que tiene billetes, se mete coca, o, si toma caballo, se lo mete con plata, lo fuma, ¿sabes?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Hyponyms

  • caballo de carreras (racehorse)
  • caballo de guerra (war horse)
  • caballo de paso
  • caballo de silla (saddle horse)
  • caballo de tiro (draft horse, draught horse, plow horse)

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text)
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rey dama, reina torre, roque alfil caballo peón

Further reading

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