carvallo

See also: Carvallo

Spanish

Alternative forms

carballo

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician carballo. Further etymology unknown; possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaɾˈbaʝo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaɾˈbaʎo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaɾˈbaʃo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaɾˈbaʒo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.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: car‧va‧llo

Noun

carvallo m (plural carvallos)

(Spain) oak
Synonym: roble
(Spain) Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)
Synonyms: quejigo, rebollo

Further reading

“carvallo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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