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o cavalo
horse
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How do you say cavalo in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce cavalo in Portuguese?
cavalo is pronounced /u kaˈvalu/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O cavalo marrom é muito rápido e forte.
The brown horse is very fast and strong.
Aquele cavalo preto que você viu é um animal valente e inteligente.
That black horse you saw is a brave and intelligent animal.
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Why is it masculine?
Cavalo is masculine because it derives from Latin "caballus," which was a masculine noun (second declension), and Portuguese inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. The Latin term itself may have been borrowed from a non-Indo-European source, possibly related to Iberian or Celtic languages, but the masculine gender was simply preserved through the regular sound changes from Latin to Portuguese.
What is the Portuguese word for horse?
The Portuguese word for horse is o cavalo — masculine.
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