caballo

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish caballo (“horse”). === Noun === caballo (plural caballos) A horse. ==== 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) 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 horse (chess) knight ==== Related terms ==== == Classical Nahuatl == === Noun === caballo alternative spelling of cahuallo == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈbal.loː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈbal.lo] === Noun === caballō 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) horse (chess) knight (slang) heroin Synonym: heroína (slang) ox (strong clumsy person) (slang, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) master, hotshot ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== caballa jamelgo m, jamelga f potro m, potra f semental yegua === Further reading === “caballo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “caballo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010