cavalo de Troia
Portuguese, noun
cavalo de Troia is spelled C-A-V-A-L-O-D-E-T-R-O-I-A (13 letters). Cavalo de Troia is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Trojan horse (wooden horse used by the Greeks to infiltrate Troy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, cavalo de Tróia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of cavalo de Troia; still used…”.
What does cavalo de Troia mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineTrojan horse (wooden horse used by the Greeks to infiltrate Troy)
- 2
masculineTrojan horse (something which looks innocent placed among the enemy)
- 3
masculineTrojan horse; Trojan (malicious program disguised as legitimate software)
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of cavalo de Troia; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. algo cuja aparência disfarça intento ou meio de ação trazido em si ocultado que é predeterminado a realizar um objetivo em prejuízo de alguém como finalidade 2. programa malicioso que aparenta ser um inofensivo
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 cavalo de Troia
- cavalos de Troia plural
- cavalo de Tróia alternative
- cavalos de Tróia plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).