cavalinha
Portuguese, noun/ka.vaˈlĩ.ɲɐ/
cavalinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “horsetail (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of cavala. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta medicinal utilizada na região norte do estado de Mato Grosso, para tratar infecções do sistema…”.
What does cavalinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehorsetail (plant)
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of cavala
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta medicinal utilizada na região norte do estado de Mato Grosso, para tratar infecções do sistema urinário e renal, (Equisetum hyemale) 2. nome dado no Brasil a várias espécies de peixes, geralmente de tamanho pequeno a médio; as espécies conhecidas popularmente por esse nome são o Scomber japonicus, o Thyrsitops lepidopoides, o Decapterus macarellus e o Scomber colias
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cavalinha
- cavalinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cavalinha?
- Brazil /ka.vaˈlĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [ka.vaˈlĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /kɐ.vɐˈli.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cavalinha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cavalinha in Portuguese?
cavalinha appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).