caballuno
Spanish
Etymology
From caballo (“horse”) + -uno.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kabaˈʝuno/ [ka.β̞aˈʝu.no] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kabaˈʎuno/ [ka.β̞aˈʎu.no] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kabaˈʃuno/ [ka.β̞aˈʃu.no] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kabaˈʒuno/ [ka.β̞aˈʒu.no] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -uno
- Syllabification: ca‧ba‧llu‧no
Adjective
caballuno (feminine caballuna, masculine plural caballunos, feminine plural caballunas)
Further reading
- “caballuno”, 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