cavala

== Franco-Provençal == === Etymology === Borrowed from one or more of the following: Occitan cavala, Piedmontese cavala, Italian cavalla. === Noun === cavala f (plural cavales) (ORB, broad) female horse, mare Synonyms: èga, jument Coordinate term: chevâl m === References === jument in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca cavala in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu === Further information === AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1062: “un cavallo; la cavalla” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France[1] – map 736 – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.va.la/ Homophones: cavalas, cavalât === Verb === cavala third-person singular past historic of cavaler == Occitan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin caballa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kaˈβalo] === Noun === cavala f (plural cavalas) mare Synonym: èga == Piedmontese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin caballa. === Noun === cavala f mare == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === cavalla (pre-reform spelling) === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -alɐ Homophone: Cavala Hyphenation: ca‧va‧la === Etymology 1 === From Latin caballa. Compare Spanish caballa. ==== Noun ==== cavala f (plural cavalas) mackerel (edible fish of genus Scomber or Scomberomorus) Synonym: sarda (slang) knockout; stunner (woman of stunning beauty) (humorous) female equivalent of cavalo (“mare”) Synonym: égua (derogatory) female equivalent of cavalo (“rude person”) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cavala inflection of cavalar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “cavala”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cavala”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “cavala”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “cavala”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “cavala”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 == Spanish == === Verb === cavala second-person singular voseo imperative of cavar combined with la