cachalote
English
Noun
cachalote (plural cachalotes)
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kat͡ʃaˈlɔte/ [kɑ.t͡ʃaˈlɔ.t̪ɪ]
- Rhymes: -ɔte
- Hyphenation: ca‧cha‧lo‧te
Noun
cachalote m (plural cachalotes)
Portuguese
Etymology
From cachola (“head”) + -ote.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ʃaˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ʃaˈlɔ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ʃɐˈlɔ.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.t͡ʃɐˈlɔ.tɨ/
Noun
cachalote m (plural cachalotes)
Descendants
Further reading
- “cachalote”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese cachalote.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kat͡ʃaˈlote/ [ka.t͡ʃaˈlo.t̪e]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -ote
- Syllabification: ca‧cha‧lo‧te
Noun
cachalote m (plural cachalotes)
Further reading
- “cachalote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024