Caballito
See also: caballito
English
Proper noun
Caballito
- A neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “little horse”, from the horse-shaped (caballo) weather vane from a local pulpería.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kabaˈʝito/ [ka.β̞aˈʝi.t̪o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kabaˈʎito/ [ka.β̞aˈʎi.t̪o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kabaˈʃito/ [ka.β̞aˈʃi.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kabaˈʒito/ [ka.β̞aˈʒi.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: Ca‧ba‧lli‧to
Proper noun
- a large neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Further reading
- Caballito on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es