cavalinho
Portuguese, noun/ka.vaˈlĩ.ɲu/
cavalinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “horsy (game where a child rides on the back of another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of cavalo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cavalo pequeno”.
What does cavalinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of cavalo
- 2
masculinehorsy (game where a child rides on the back of another)
- 3
masculinewheelie
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cavalo pequeno 2. pica-pau da espécie Picus viridis 3. condução de uma moto ou bicicleta sobre a roda traseira, levando a dianteira levantada
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 cavalinho
- cavalinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cavalinho?
- Brazil /ka.vaˈlĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ka.vaˈlĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /kɐ.vɐˈli.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cavalinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cavalinho in Portuguese?
cavalinho appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).