caballa
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin caballa, the feminine form of caballus (“horse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈbaʝa/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaˈbaʎa/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈbaʃa/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈbaʒa/ [kaˈβ̞a.ʒa]
Audio (Spain) (file)
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒa
- Syllabification: ca‧ba‧lla
Noun
caballa f (plural caballas)
- mackerel
Usage notes
- Although "caballa" is etymologically the feminine form of "caballo", its meaning is not related to the female horse, which is called yegua (from Latin equa).
Descendants
- → Moroccan Arabic: كبايلا (kabāyla)
Further reading
- “caballa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014