caballo

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Noun

caballo m

  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

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 quote)

Hyponyms
  • caballo de carreras (“racehorse”)
  • caballo de guerra (“war 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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