caballo

caballo

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.?
Late Latin caballus
Spanish caballobor.
English caballo

    Borrowed from Spanish caballo (“horse”).

    Noun

    caballo (plural caballos)

    1. A horse.
      • 1829, James Wilson, A Brief Memoir of the Life of James, With Extracts from His Journal and Correspondence, Written Chiefly During a Residence in Guatemala, Etc, page 43:
        The very idea of a false step of my caballo made the blood run cold.
      • 1924, Stephen Chalmers, Four in One Westerns, page 10:
        Impatiently turning his caballo's head he started the animal at an easy one-step gait in a southerly direction.
      • 1995, Sherry Garland, Indio, page 85:
        The long tail and mane of all the caballos were magnificent to see as the españoles rode them and played games.

    Usage notes

    • Used mainly in Latin American contexts.

    Aragonese

    Alternative forms

    • caball

    Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

      caballo m (plural caballos)

      1. horse

      References

      • “caballo”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)
      • “caballo”, in Diccionario ortografico de l’aragonés (seguntes la PO de l’EFA)‎[1], Zaragoza: EDACAR, 2023, →ISSN

      Chavacano

      Etymology

        Inherited from Spanish caballo.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /kaˈbaʎo/, [kaˈba.ʎo]
        • Hyphenation: ca‧ba‧llo

        Noun

        caballo

        1. horse
        2. (chess) 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 caballum (“horse”), from Latin caballum (“pack horse”), of disputed origin. Compare Portuguese cavalo.

          Pronunciation

           

           

          • Syllabification: ca‧ba‧llo

          Noun

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

          1. horse
          2. (chess) knight
          3. (slang) heroin
            Synonym: heroína
            • 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)
          4. (slang) ox (strong clumsy person)
          5. (slang, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) master, hotshot

          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)
          rey dama, reina torre, roque alfil caballo peón

          Further reading

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