overo
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Spanish overo (“piebald”).
=== Noun ===
overo (plural overos)
A pinto horse with white-over-dark body markings.
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
sabino
tobiano
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *falvārium, from falvus, from Proto-Germanic *falwaz. Cognate with Portuguese fouveiro, Catalan falb, French fauve, and further German fahl, falb, English fallow. The expected Spanish spelling would be hovero, which is attested.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /oˈbeɾo/ [oˈβ̞e.ɾo]
Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: o‧ve‧ro
=== Adjective ===
overo (feminine overa, masculine plural overos, feminine plural overas)
(Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Southern Cone) piebald, mottled
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“overo”, 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