cavalo-marinho
Portuguese, noun/kaˌva.lu.maˈɾĩ.ɲu/
cavalo-marinho is spelled C-A-V-A-L-O-M-A-R-I-N-H-O (13 letters). Cavalo-marinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sea horse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe com a cabeça em forma que se assemelha a de um cavalo”.
What does cavalo-marinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesea horse
- 2
masculineobsoletehippopotamus
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe com a cabeça em forma que se assemelha a de um cavalo 2. castigo, uma espécie de chicote feito com pele de hipopótamo, outrora usado como castigo 3. hipopótamo
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-marinho
- cavalos-marinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cavalo-marinho?
- Brazil /kaˌva.lu.maˈɾĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [kaˌva.lu.maˈɾĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /kɐˌva.lu.mɐˈɾi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.