caballaje

Spanish

Etymology

From caballo (“horse”) +‎ -aje.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kabaˈʝaxe/ [ka.β̞aˈʝa.xe] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kabaˈʎaxe/ [ka.β̞aˈʎa.xe] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /kabaˈʃaxe/ [ka.β̞aˈʃa.xe] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kabaˈʒaxe/ [ka.β̞aˈʒa.xe] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -axe
Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lla‧je

Noun

caballaje m (plural caballajes)

horsepower
Synonyms: caballo de fuerza, caballo de vapor

Further reading

“caballaje”, 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