cavalo-vapor
Portuguese, noun/kaˌva.lu.vaˈpoʁ/
cavalo-vapor is spelled C-A-V-A-L-O-V-A-P-O-R (11 letters). Cavalo-vapor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “horsepower (non-metric unit of power)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unidade de medida de potência, de símbolo cv = 735,5 watts”.
What does cavalo-vapor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehorsepower (non-metric unit of power)
- 2
masculinehorsepower (metric unit of power)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unidade de medida de potência, de símbolo cv = 735,5 watts
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-vapor
- cavalos-vapor plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cavalo-vapor?
- Brazil /kaˌva.lu.vaˈpoʁ/
- Brazil [kaˌva.lu.vaˈpoh]
- /kaˌva.lu.vaˈpoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cavalo-vapor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.