caballo

English

Etymology

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

Chavacano

Etymology

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 caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“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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