cavalinho
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.vaˈlĩ.ɲu/ [ka.vaˈlĩ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.vaˈli.ɲo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.vɐˈli.ɲu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.bɐˈli.ɲu/ [kɐ.βɐˈli.ɲu]
- Hyphenation: ca‧va‧li‧nho
Noun
cavalinho m (plural cavalinhos)
- diminutive of cavalo
- Synonym: cavalozinho
- horsy (game where a child rides on the back of another)
- wheelie
Further reading
- “cavalinho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “cavalinho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026