carvallo
See also: Carvallo
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Galician carballo. Further etymology unknown; possibly from Paleo-Hispanic. Cognate to Asturian carbayu and Portuguese carvalho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾˈbaʝo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kaɾˈbaʎo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kaɾˈbaʃo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kaɾˈbaʒo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -aʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -aʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: car‧va‧llo
Noun
carvallo m (plural carvallos) (Spain)
- oak
- Synonym: roble
- Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)
Further reading
- “carvallo”, 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