cabestro
English
Noun
cabestro (plural cabestros)
- A trained steer used in bullfighting.
Galician
Alternative forms
- cabresto
Etymology
Attested since the 13th century. From Latin capistrum (“halter”). Cognate with Portuguese cabresto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈβestɾo̝/
Noun
cabestro m (plural cabestros)
- rope used to secure the load
- Synonyms: adival, liame, luria, sedeño, treixa, trelo
- halter
- Synonyms: trela, xácoma
- frenulum
References
- “cabresto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cabestro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cabestro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cabestro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cabestro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
cabestro
Etymology
From Old Spanish, from Latin capistrum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈbestɾo/ [kaˈβ̞es.t̪ɾo]
- Rhymes: -estɾo
- Syllabification: ca‧bes‧tro
Noun
cabestro m (plural cabestros)
- halter, headcollar (animal's headgear)
- (bullfighting) leading bull
Derived terms
- cabestrar
- cabestrear
- cabestrillo
- encabestrar
Verb
cabestro
- first-person singular present indicative of cabestrar
Further reading
- “cabestro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014