Noun: de a cabalo
Gender: mf
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | de a cabalo |
| Singular f | de a cabalo |
Sample Sentences
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poucos días había que alá xunta a Bacelo viñan sesenta de a cabalo, e preguntaronlle a un paisano por donde era o camiño para Lugo, e el guiounos para donde estaba unha gran braña, co mismo foi chegar a ela espetaronse de tal sorte cos cabalos, que anque traballasen toda unha mañá inda non sei si sairían; pero nomentras que sucedeu esto, foise o bon do paisano tocou de campanas, xuntouse a xente, e pegaron co eles de tal modo que asta que os despacharon non pararon (some days back, near Bacelo, there came 60 [French] riders, and asked a countryman where was the way to Lugo; he guided them into a large marsh, and arriving there they get stuck with their horses in such a way that not even working for a whole morning they would be able to get out of it; but, meanwhile this was happening, the good countryman went away to toll the bells, the people gathered, and they stroke them in such a mood that they didn't stop until they dispatched them) [1810, José Fernandez y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:]
Nouns inflected like de a cabalo
santos,
diamantes,
de a cabalo,
papaxoubas,
azul marinho,
corazóns,
pousafoles,
calzóns,
crequenas,
cheiracús,
E,
N,
O,
S,
quebrafolgas,
fervellasverzas,
quentapirolas,
lambespiñas,
picas,
mrd, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
de (“of”) a (“at”) cabalo (“horse”)
Translations